Retrevo.com did a survey of 753 customers and found that 64 percent of PC users (who are accustomed to low-cost machines) are willing to pay less than $600. What about the Mac users? About 27% would pay between $600 and $800 and about 41% is would pay more than $800. These statistics are probably looking very good in the eyes of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. People are willing to pay for something they haven’t even seen yet.

The Gadgetology survey concludes that the company said the iPhone has become successful with people not familiar with the Mac market. The Apple tablet must do the same. In the same study it says that people planning to buy a netbook will probably also be interested in buying the touchscreen device.

“Apple had better hurry up if they want to capture any of the netbook market because many consumers, both Mac and PC owners, have already bought a netbook and many more plan on buying one soon.”

There are a couple more numbers about Mac users and PC users. Turns out that 37 percent of the Mac users against 36 percent of the PC users plans to buy a netbook within the next year. And 40 percent of the iPhone users are saving their money on a netbook purchase.

Source: Retrevo