This is one of the silliest things I've seen in a while. Apple is winning in the peripheral market, but they clearly lost with the PC side. They've gone to the same system Dell has, in fact, the inside of the Mac book is virtually identical to the inside of my Dell Laptop.
Apple has good marketing to consumers, however the corporate world doesn't care about iPods, and that is where the money is. Our new contract with Dell saves us a couple of million a year. That is savings, not how much we pay. This year it will be a couple million less than last year. And that is just desktops and laptops. MS is continuing sell very good office software, and the new 2007 stuff looks nice. Apple can't compete there. They have to rely on MS to produce Mac versions. In large environments MS is the winner. For peripherals and gadgets that don't relate to business, then sure Apple can do alright. But it isn't a market that MS is even in. Microsoft makes software, if you buy an Mac, then you use Boot camp to install Windows, then MS got their money, and you are hooked. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY > By WALTER S. MOSSBERG > In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats the PC Way > May 11, 2006; Page B1 > > For many years, there have been two models of how to make computers > and other digital devices. One is the component model, championed by > Microsoft. The other is the end-to-end model, championed by Apple. > .... > > Still, the end-to-end model isn't a lock. If Apple can't keep churning > out cool products at reasonable prices, it could crash and burn. > Unlike Microsoft, it doesn't have much help from other companies to > succeed. But the iPod experience has shown that the PC model may not > be best for all digital devices. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206571 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
