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Re: LEGO Brick Masters Launches!
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lugnet.lego
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Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:43:02 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Ace Kim wrote:
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i dunno... can you really say that the mac market is less than 10%? that
might have been true a few years ago, but apple is steadily gaining
marketshare;
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A huge chunk of Apple’s recent marketshare gains has been credited to the iPod,
especially now that it’s PC-compatible (which means you no longer have to buy a
Mac to go with your iPod).
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one would only have to look at the number of apple retail stores opening up
at a mall near you.
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And at the same time, don’t forget to look at the vast number of stores that
sell PCs, but not Macs. Department stores like Wal-Mart are selling PCs now,
but there’s only one store in town that I can think of that sold Macs in the
last five years, and if they haven’t completely done away with their Mac
section, they’ve certainly scaled it back quite a bit (and they stopped
servicing them about two years ago).
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that 90% or greater number that keeps getting tossed around certainly may be
true for BUSINESS computers, but apple has always had a good portion of the
educational market.
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Neither of those markets are the main concern here. It’s the home PC market
that really matters, since that’s where the vast majority of the primary target
audience (young kids) will be using LEGO software. Schools (the educational
market of which you speak) tend to frown on students installing recreational
programs on their computers. The other major chunk of the educational market is
college students, who are statistically less likely to use LEGO software.
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personally, i think it’s ludicrous that LEGO has yet to support the Mac
platform.
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I agree that it’d be great if they’d start issuing Mac-compatible software, but
I think it’s a telling sign that the last game to be released for PC (BIONICLE)
was ported to the PS2, GameCube, and X-Box...but not the Mac. With the move
towards intensive 3D graphics, I’m not sure the game market really meshes very
well with non-upgradable Macs. It’s one thing to have to replace your video
card every year or two to keep up with the latest/greatest games, but having to
replace your whole computer is a bit more expensive than the average consumer
can keep up with. I was actually looking at buying a Grape iMac as my first
computer, but then I saw how horribly underpowered it was at the time (the G4
had just hit the market), and found out that I could never upgrade it...so I got
a PC. With a purple case.
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| (...) i dunno... can you really say that the mac market is less than 10%? that might have been true a few years ago, but apple is steadily gaining marketshare; one would only have to look at the number of apple retail stores opening up at a mall (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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