P3D Re: Define Today's Consumer

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

George Themelis wrote:
> --- Karen Obusek <markaren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > What do most consumers want today? ( from any product for that
> > matter)  They want low price, marginal quality, simple 
> > convenience, and results right out of the box. 
> 
> > I've been in the consumer electronics/camera market for way too
> > long and I've predicted trends with 100%accuracy so far.
> 
> Well Mark, with all due respect, I bet if someone had asked you
> for the future of personal computers 12 years ago you could not
> have dreamed of what would follow.  How does that fit your
> consumer outline above?  Personal computers are not simple and
> you do not get results out of the box.
> 

12 years ago Radio Shack (the consumer electronics retailer with the
most outlets in the US) had been selling computers to consumers for
about 9 years.  Since that time computers have gotten cheaper (not
just less expensive), lower in quality, and work right out of the box
(MS Windows preinstalled whether or not you want it).

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