Buying a new laptop- Apple?

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by 357

I'm sure all the beta max owners felt the same way. Beta max claimed to be better, smaller, etc. At first it held its niche market. Soon less and less titles were released on beta max. It wasn't long after that it became obvious; the world had deemed it irrelevant..

I think it is quite safe for me to say that not only has Apple outlasted the Beta, but it has also grown to an incredible magnitude that was not expected. In their early days, many said they wouldn't last. They incorporated in 1977. It is now 2010. My simple math yields that to be 33 years.
Remember, while I can accept your 7% niche argument as haven't attempted to validate it, that 7% is all Apple for the most part.
The remaining 93% is NOT all Microsoft.

Say what whoever wants to say to support one or the other, the fact remains Apple and Macs are not Beta. They are here for the long haul as they have proven.

BTW, I never bought a Beta but I did have 8-tracks, cassettes, vinyl records and oh, an AMC Gremlin. All long gone too.