“If you are wondering whether Apple’s switch to Intel will put buyers off, the evidence at the moment seems to be: no. Here’s a simple way to take the pulse of the PC market, whenever you feel like it: Go to the computer section of Amazon and click on the top sellers link under the ‘computers‘ tab. This will show you Amazon’s list of top selling computers – updated every hour. Apple computers normally occupy half of the top ten slots (at the time of writing they occupy 5 of the top 6). This indicator showed no drop in demand following the Intel announcement. Of course, demand may diminish in the coming months, but I suspect that most buyers don’t care too much about it either way,” Robin Bloor writes for IT-Analysis.
Full article, including Bloor’s take on the “iPhone” and the “iPod Halo Effect,” here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Apple iMac G5, Mac mini models hold top 5 spots on Amazon’s Desktop Computer Top Sellers list – March 01, 2005
Of course its not hurting, my G5 rocks!
The MacDaddy-Oh!:
In a previous post you said you lived near Charlotte. We’re thinking of moving down there soon. I would like to ask you a few questions about the area. email me if you’re willing.
thanks
The IQ level of the Apple idiots isn’t high enough to comprehend that they are buying instant legacyware.
Buahaha.
all computers, cars, etc. are instant legacyware once they leave the store. how nice of you to notice a specific instance of this!
And Micro$oft based PC’s are legacy BEFORE they leave the store!
And what kind of IQ do you need to realize that your PC box is worthless when crippled with spyware? How smart is it to simply replace said PC every six months to avoid a system re-installation? These are, of course, rhetorical questions.
/I like cheese.
I bought a 2.3 Dual PM a week after I heard the Intel news. There was no reason to wait for Intel. I love my new computer.
“The IQ level of the Apple idiots isn’t high enough to comprehend that they are buying instant legacyware”
First of there has already been a study that shows most mac buyers are more educated and affluent than their beer drinking NASCAR devouring PC counterparts. Secondly, saying that people are buying into legacyware is irrelevant since ALL computers are legacy at some point. I just bought a PM G5 in the last 6 months and I have no problem with this switch. I’ve read the details, unlike drones such as yourself’ and realize that there is plenty of life left in the PowerPC platform from a longevity standpoint. But you wouldnt know about longevity being a troll PC user who probably has to replace his box every year or two because of low quality and security issues.
well if you want a mac and will update your hardware in 2 years, now is the time to buy. especially if you dont want to be a first adoptor.
Amazon is a Mac site, of COURSE Macs are the best sellers!
NoMacForYou:
You have to be pretty retarded to be a PC user and come to a Mac site and talk sh*t.
What, is your wife not doing her job? Rather, are YOU not doing YOUR job, such that you have to write such BS to get your rocks off?
Send her over here. I’ll hook her up.
The IQ level of this NoMacForYou idiots isn’t high enough to comprehend that he is a moron and not worth MDN’s reader’s time.
Buahaha.
Hammer:
And unless you’re a Windows guy, you’ve gone and disproved the spirit of that statistic. I’m sure your peers are proud of you.
Are you suggesting there’s something inherently ignorant about people who make or drink beer or watch or compete in NASCAR?
Apple’s philosophy has been to innovate in order to give the people the freedom to do what they want to do without a lot of hassle and they will continue to do that; the company will remain and the Apple culture will remain, through and regardless of these changes. The only question to the computing public out there is, “Are you coming or not?”.
As for me, let me get my coat.
Hammer is using the same type of elitist liberal democrat thinking that lost the 04 election.
Buahaha. Delicious.
Look forward to the 08 elections.
Howard Dean will lead the democrats to a bold new future.
NoMacForYou:
Spoken like a true right-wing nut job.
BTW If Gee Dubya Bush isn’t the epitome of the American Elitist, I don’t know who is…
Too much Fox News on the brain, NMFY?
hammer: I am a “beer drinking NASCAR devouring ” Mac guy.
If you think you are intelligent enough to build one of those or do a chassis setup on one of those “Nascars”,, bring it on!
What is the flaw in your character that causes you to take a shot at Nascar people in a totally unrelated subject thread?
Too much time on your hands? If so, learn to weld a car together correctly, learn to paint one, etc, etc. etc. There are thousands of things out there that can occupy your time more productively.
Me too, I won’t waste any more time on the subject. Too much already.
Same dude
Dude, trust me; I am NOT NoMacForYou.
when a ‘news’ is no news the only post one can read is idiotic ones from idiots. Including this one: nothing to do.
Mac users are far more interested in the ease of the OS and its applications. They do not care about what sort of CPU is inside any more than you would worry who built the engine of your car.
If you go to an Apple store and listen to someone looking at the Macs, no one ever mentions the CPU, type of video chip, or bus speeds; NO ONE CARES! The current questions are more, “How easy and fast does it do what I want it to?”
The age of the computer techno-geek is going the way of the ham radio hobbyist. Yea, there are a few still around, but they are no long the driving force or focus of the industry.
naw, i like to think sales are great, despite the Intel ‘factor’
I happen to know a few people that are going to wait TWO YEARS to get a Mac because of it.. one of them is running OS 8 btw..
What makes anyone think that merely having Intel make the chips for Apple will have ANYTHING to do with being able to run WIndows on it? In Macs, Apple has always incorporated their own controller chips. There is an excellent chance that even IF the CPU coding is similar, the I/O control functions may be too different. A CPU does not a computer make!
And for all of you wannabe-geeks, there is no way that Apple will allow their Mac OS to be able to be run on anything but their own hardware. This is another reason to believe that the Apple hardware will be very unique.
I bought a dual 2.7 Powermac after the Intel announcement. No need to wait 1 1/2 to 2 years, especially when I needed a new computer now. People just don’t seem to get it, with universal binaries being produced for years and years, the hardware is not going to be legacy ever.
The thing we will have to be careful about is buying software for the next year or so. If there is no universal binary that means it will have to be run on Rosetta – which while it may be “good enough” to run legacy software, it will not be “insanely great”.
I will be careful about expensive software purchases for a while and whenever possible will be buying universal binaries. So all the new software I get will work on my Mac now AND will work on the next Intel Mac I get in the future. (First purchase a new laptop for sure)
I bought a new 17 inch G4 Powerbook about 3 weeks before the intel announcement. At first I was upset … it always seems like my computer purchases occur about 2 or 3 weeks before new and better is either announced or actually comes out. But, then, I realized that my thinking was idiotic … I NEEDED a new Powerbook. My 4 year old G4 Tibook had shattered its hinges and that means it’s time to buy new, even though I’m also having it repaired. Even after the new Macs powerbooks with Intel chips come out in late 2006 or early 2007, I’ll be getting many good years of use out of this EXCELLENT laptop. I’m very pleased with her.
And, yes, it’s time to buy a new desktop computer for the office (I’m currently running a G3 B&W with a 1 ghz G4 upgrade). I’m not sure what I’m going to get … I’ve been thinking about a high-end G5, but I might well be able to get by on a reconditioned G4 and just bridge the gap between now and an Intelmac. Still, I’d LOVE a G5.