Apple’s “Windows 95″ Problem
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Apple’s “Windows 95″ Problem
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Re: Apple’s “Windows 95″ Problem
#2I doubt the market sell off yesterday had anything to do with how well the products will sell (I'm guessing we will soon hear that it is "The best selling iPhone ever").
Rather, it is more likely to do with downward pressure on profit margins of the iPhone. Sure the plastic cover of the 5c will help, but there are still a bunch of expensive components inside.
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#3It's bizarre to lump Win XP in with duds like Me and Vista. Isn't XP, by most measures, an unmitigated success?
(You might not think it's great personally, but it's certainly not the case that MS has had no blockbusters since Win 95.)
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#4It's bizarre to lump Win XP in with duds like Me and Vista. Isn't XP, by most measures, an unmitigated success? (You might not think it's great personally, but it's certainly not the case that MS has had no blockbusters since Win 95.)
I'd say that Windows 7 was an unmitigated success.
As for XP, without a doubt. Considering it still holds the second largest market share (behind Win7). Impressive given that it is 12 years old now.
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#5It's bizarre to lump Win XP in with duds like Me and Vista. Isn't XP, by most measures, an unmitigated success? (You might not think it's great personally, but it's certainly not the case that MS has had no blockbusters since Win 95.)
XP was the first decent Windows release since Windows 95, and consumers adopted it en masse. However, it was riddled with security flaws and that makes it less attractive when looking at it in hindsight.
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#6I heard that the sell off was due to the lack of a deal with China Telecom which the markets were expecting to be announced, and had already priced in.
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#7Actually, Apple did catch a lot of these "once in a lifetime" waves. It's true they don't have a Steve Jobs, but it's also true nobody else has.
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#8It is very similar to the problem they faced against Windows 95 with the macintosh. Microsoft was focusing on building a commodity OS and not worried about the hardware while commodity hardware vendors were able to focus on their strengths without having to fuss to much about hardware. Apple, being so vertically integrated will probably lag behind somewhat. Its just way more complex to design end to end, even if the final product is better integrated and more "finished".
However, I am not really sure that the Android or Windows Phones are really all that more innovative. Sure they can throw in a 50 core chip and a 15" screen, but in the end there is little real differentiation between phones right now. I think apple should allow for larger screens, as my hands are larger than the average person so I can still use one hand on a Galaxy, for example.(but just barely) This is really everyones "windows 95" problem. The market is pretty mature and at this point there is only room for iterative improvement. In fact many of the latest mobile innovations seem to have frightening privacy and security concerns- mobile payments, NFC, location context are difficult to do well and securely.
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#9has there ever been an apple product announcement that didn't cause the stock to dip immediately afterwards?
Re: Apple’s “Windows 95″ Problem
#10It's bizarre to lump Win XP in with duds like Me and Vista. Isn't XP, by most measures, an unmitigated success? (You might not think it's great personally, but it's certainly not the case that MS has had no blockbusters since Win 95.)
XP was the first decent Windows release since Windows 95, and consumers adopted it en masse. However, it was riddled with security flaws and that makes it less attractive when looking at it in hindsight.
> XP was the first decent Windows release since Windows 95
I'm sure you mean "2000" not "XP".