Re: Am I in a time warp?

I think it's more than 1% too, although I think 15% is a bit too high.

When the iMacs came out, more people bought it for the aesthetics and ease
of it, so I think it would be about 7% to 9%.

But don't feel slighted. The cold reality of determining web stats in
business... if the viewers come to a business website, and the Mac users
account for only 1% as apposed to say, Windows IE users accounting for 75%..
what group is that business going to target? Your 1% won't make a difference
to the company whether you shun them or not. It's just the way business
works.. if there is no market among the Mac users that's worthy to tap into,
they're just not going to bother.

----- Original Message -----
From: Maureen A. Barlow <mobarlow(at)earthlink.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Am I in a time warp?


> I have to agree with Michael.  When I read about ignoring Mac users
safely,
> I tuned out to the rest of the e-mail.  I am a Mac user and a web and
> graphic designer, and I have no patience for businesses that ignore the
Mac
> market (except Microsoft, I'm used to it).  Ignore the Mac market that's
> using Mac OS 7 or lower, and therefore lower version browsers--OK, that
> makes sense.  But ignoring the Mac market completely--I think that's a
very
> bad business idea.  In addition, I think the estimate of 1% of net users
> being on a Mac is wrong---I think it's more like 15%.  Clearly not a
> majority, but not worthy of total omission from consideration.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
> Maureen
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Michael Heliker <mheliker(at)ncrel.org>
> To: Arcady <arcady(at)jps.net>, hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Sent: April 26, 2000 12:08:18 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: Am I in a time warp?
>
>
> hmmm....interesting. Apple has sold over 2 million imacs (internet ready,
> out of the box) in just over a year. Hundreds of thousands of ibooks in
even
> less time...who-knows how many Powerbooks....
>
>
> I realize they are a very small percentage of the computing world...but
I'm
> not ready to ignore 2 million + possible audience members... I just don't
> think it's a good idea.
>
> just a thought. I do agree with much of what you say, in theory. But,
> ignoring anyone isn't a good idea, in general. Just not a good business
> practice, wouldn't you think?
>
> michael
>
> "... (but realize that Macs make up only 1% of net-usage statistics,
> > so unless you design for the actual print-graphic-design industry you
> > can ignore them safely).
> ....."
>
> --------------------------
> Maureen A. Barlow
> Designer & Consultant
> PixelGem Studios
> Web Design & Technology Consulting
> http://www.pixelgem.com
> maureen(at)pixelgem.com
>
>

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