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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole
@dmaul1114 - Your point about Apple having no mid-tier computers is right on. I don't like Mac's personally, and that is one of the turn offs. For a desktop the leap from the Mac Mini (cute, but weak little bugger) to the Mac Pro is huge. I know the iMac is in there, but an all in one (and using laptop parts) is not a true desktop to me.... I have never understood why they could not make a simple mid-range tower in the $1k range....... Even if they did I still wouldn't buy one though.....
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Because there is no real reason to. The market trend is toward notebooks. I buy them because electricity is getting expensive in my area. People like the portability. I don't know many people that buy a desktop anymore when they need a new computer.
There are 3 major reasons for a desktop -- as a small server, for an office worker, or graphics/games.
Apple doesn't rely much on corporate sales, server sales not strong, shrinking PC game market always belonged to PC (and now eaten up by consoles).
That leaves graphic designers and the like, and they'll shell out for the Mac Pro.