You are way off base here. First, every manufacturer and not just Apple is increasingly moving in the direction of computers as appliances. To a certain extent, that has been the case for a while. You've had the gaming computer, the video editing computer, the basic work computer for typing, etc. More recently, we've had netbooks, and when ChromeOS comes out, it will run on computers whose sole purpose is accessing the internet.
The idea that Apple will cede the professional market to windows just doesn't jibe with recent history. A big part of the kerfuffles over flash and iOS development rules is that Apple doesn't want to be dependent on other platforms for their development. Also, you need a Mac to develop for iOS. The numbers don't work out either. See: <http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_27/b4185030553308.htm> "It's a real testimony to the power of the Mac brand that Apple sells these machines for nearly twice what the Windows competitors charge, and yet the sales keep growing faster than the rest of the industry" Apple's market share in computers is increasing (albeit slowly), and unit sales are growing substantially. This is the case in nearly all market segments, including business. Computers are still a big source of revenue, they just haven't grown as quickly as Apple's new markets. The smart people still see the mac as important to Apple, essential even. On Jun 24, 2010, at 6:01 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:01:05 -0400 > From: "phartz...@gmail.com" <phartz...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Apple iOS or OS X > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:40 AM, TJPA <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > >> Not likely, though it may become available as an option. > > I think it is highly likely. It is my personal belief, bolstered by > recent Apple Corp. movement, that Apple is going in the direction of > regarding computers, for marketing purposes, as being more akin to > appliances than as professional tools. It is costly for Apple Corp. > to have to maintain two separate operating systems, especially when > their newest OS is the one that runs on the devices that are likely to > be biggest sellers and money makers by far in Apple's history. > > Apple will cede the "professional" market to Windows (why not?) and > focus on computing devices of all sorts that offer more of an > "everyperson" experience as opposed to a niche market which has been > their tradition for the most part. Apple will make devices that will > satisfy all age groups, from toddlers to adults, neophytes to geeks. > I think this was their aim with the iPad, the plans for which were > being worked on well before the iPhone appeared. > > Steve > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
