jdwhit
01-13-2005, 01:41 AM
I think that most of you have missed the big picture. Apple was declining then they came with the Mac. This kicked them up for a time but PC's still shut them out. Then came the original iMac and they had another push and fall back. The iPod is the first product that has reached a dominant market share. With the shuffle they are protecting challenge from the value side. Also they will attract allot of new consumers with the $99.00 price. The new consumers will try and love iTunes. With the intro of the Mac mini for $499.00 allot of these new consumers will become Mac users and this will give apple the chance to move into a serious player in the consumer computer market again. I think that the intro of these two products at the same time is brilliant.