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It's Official: Apple Jumps the Shark

After Microsoft released its wonderful “I’m a PC” advertisements, I wondered what was next for Apple. After all, it’s ingenuous and libelous “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads were instantly rendered moot by Microsoft’s more human and humble ads. How could Apple respond and not look like a bunch of arrogant jerks...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-20-2008
About today’s Macbook announcements

Apple released evolutionary updates to their MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro notebook computers today. My take? Whoop-de-freaking-do.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-14-2008
Mac laptops cost twice as much as PC laptops

So this one is sure to draw some fire. I should note that in my own experiences shopping for notebooks (and yes, I did recently buy a Macbook), Macs are definitely more expensive than PCs. However, I’ve never seen the 100 percent markup described here by Joe Wilcox: On Saturday, Aug. 2, I got to wondering...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-06-2008
FY09 Strategic Update

Only Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer could send such an important message out and give it a subject line that boring. But you'll want to read this one. I've highlighted some bits I feel are particularly interesting. From: Steve Ballmer Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:30 PM To: Microsoft–All Employees...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-25-2008
Mac worldwide market share hits 3.5 percent in Q2 2008

Well, it's that time of the quarter again. With Apple today announcing its quarterly results, we can tally the company's market share vs. the rest of the PC market. Once again, Apple recorded a blockbuster quarter , selling a record 2.5 million Macs, a growth rate of 41 percent year over year...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-21-2008
Randall Stross jumps the shark

So before I rip into this one --and honestly, how could I do otherwise, given how wrongheaded this is?--I would like at least take a moment to note that I generally enjoy Randall Stross. This one, however, took me by surprise and I had to resist the urge to toss aside the Kindle (from which I read it...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-29-2008
I bought a new MacBook ... to run Windows. Why?

Through a long and circuitous route, I ended up at the Apple Store in Braintree, Massachusetts yesterday, and bought a MacBook . The where, what, and why of this transaction may be of interest. (Or it may not. I will at least point out that among my blogging pet peeves are the incessant morons out there...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-16-2008
Notebook computer market share, Q1 2008

Digitimes has an interesting report about the first quarter 2008 notebook computer market share: DisplaySearch has revealed its quarterly notebook PC shipment and forecast report which stated that 31 million units were shipped in the first quarter of 2008, noting that the notebook PC market shrank 6...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-14-2008
How Apple Is Preparing for an iPod Slump

Saul Hansell at The New York Times is turning into one of my must-read bloggers. Which is to say, he might very well be the first of my must-read bloggers as I don't actually have any yet. That said, this post is open to an interesting debate: Apple has a little iPod problem. And it is doing an amazing...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-25-2008
Mac Q1 2008 market share: 3.26 percent worldwide, 6.26 percent in the US

It's that time of the quarter again. With Apple yesterday releasing its financial results for the first calendar quarter of 2008, we can see how the Mac maker is performing in the wider PC market. According to my calculations (explained below), Apple's Macintosh now commands 3.26 percent of the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-24-2008

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