"Also I am not for Apple gaining too much marketshare. Aside for the money Apple would make, I don’t see any good coming out of it."
You'd make a great salesman!
You'd probably be more comfortable with, "salesperson"
"The people you describe who only want to check email and download some music also really don’t need the advantages of a fast processor or a good sized amount of ram. "
These regular people are exactly the people who are buying millions of machines from Dell. Precisely the people Apple should advertise to.
They should also advertise on The Rush Limbaugh show. He has 20 million listeners and has probably sold thousands of people on the Mac by saying how great they are. Politics aside.
Apple hasn't got it right for years in advertising. They have been preaching to the choir for as long as I can remember. Even in their stores they have the same elitist attitude. They should have a couple of grandmas in there showing the simple folk, (like me), how great and easy to use the Macs are. I've sold loads of Macs to friends.
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