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Macs and their simplicity

December 29, 2004

Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus says:


And that's the point. The HP has all those things and more. Yeah, it's a bit busy looking compared to the PowerBook. But it's also more powerful and more full-featured. It does more of what I--and most people--want. Sure, the Spartan design thing is cute for a little while, but real people need to get work done. And in the end, more should cost more, not less. Conversely, less (the PowerBook) should cost less. But it doesn't. It costs a lot more.

Interesting that the exact same reasoning by Apple (form over function, simplicity over complexity) equals a 70-90% market share in the MP3 market. Do people expect computers to be complex, and become suspicious when they are not?

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