Re: Why no third party solutions?

[Randal Whittle <whittle@chaph.usc.edu>]

> 
> >	Anyone wanna wager that Apple Powerbooks sell more units than
> >do IBM ThinkPads?
> 
> No wager, this is a fact.  Only recently have IBM and Compaq began
> to even touch the Apple record.  Suprisingly (or not), many, many
> Powerbook owners are PC users regularly who just went over.

	If software were not the issue, I would have switched a long
time ago.  I just can't fathom the idea of trying to change all my
software over (some of which *can't* be changed) to the Macintosh.
It would cost *mega-dollars*--not everyone is so friendly as is
WordPerfect (which will switch your license over platforms for the cost of
diskettes and manuals).
 
> >	If true, this would explain the ton of 3rd party add-ons for the
> >Powerbooks.
> 
> Still...there are just SOOO many 3rd party stuff for Powerbooks and
> nearly NONE for PC notebooks.  I could see proportional differences
> but this is a landslide.

	Maybe this is a function of economies of scale.  Namely, there still
needs to be a point of critical mass before a 3rd party company is willing
to take the risk.

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