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by ajross 5006 days ago
Apple doesn't remotely "own" the high end of the PC laptop business. They're doing very well among web developers, so to a poster here maybe it seems that way. They're merely the largest single manufacturer among a very long list of PC vendors.

And the bit about "bargain" vs. "high end" presupposes there are features there that justify the distinction. A $99 tablet isn't going to have a 4G modem (though it's unclear if Apple's $300 item will either), but beyond that and its physical size the current Nexus 7 is a very feature-comparable device to the retina iPad.
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jdminhbg 5006 days ago
> Apple doesn't remotely "own" the high end of the PC laptop business.

Hm? Apple went over 90% share of the $1k+ PC market way back in 2009: http://betanews.com/2009/07/22/apple-has-91-of-market-for-1-...

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ajross 5006 days ago
That's pretty spun. It's true, of course, but by excluding the $950 laptops of other vendors (which are spec-wise very comparable with the Apple offerings) as "not high end" it's mostly just true by construction.

A similar number for "total units of 15 inch laptops with 4+GB memory and discrete GPUs" (my personal guess at a "high end" definition) would tell a very different story.

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moheeb 5006 days ago
If I sell one $50 million dollar laptop I'll have 100% of the $50 million dollar laptop market!
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esrauch 5006 days ago
I don't really understand what point you are making. Do you think that $1k is too high to be the "high end laptop market"?
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