Apple Is Doomed

Post by timeshifter » Sat, Nov 10, 2012, 4:17 PM UTC

JuDue wrote: post #9

timeshifter wrote: post #2

Apple is doomed because they're not focusing on desktop computers? Um..... what ? Alternately: Apple is ignoring desktop computers because the market is mobile and laptops , and really it's just corporations and enthusiasts that will go out of their way for a desktop... ya know, the kinds of people that aren't going to buy a Mac anyway. So why should Apple focus on a market that they're making obselete?

They're not exactly failing at making profitable and successful desktop machines.

Oh absolutely, but it's more of a niche thing for designers who need some serious horsepower. The article makes it sound like they're doomed because they're not devoting any energy to a market that doesn't really exist anymore.

Post by timeshifter » Sat, Nov 10, 2012, 4:22 PM UTC

JuDue wrote: post #8

fjorder wrote: post #5

The truth probably lies somewhere in between what the flaming fanboy and Mr.Disgruntled are saying. Apple seems to make the most money when they open up a new market and lock out the competition for a long period of time, as they did with the iPod. The iPhone's dominance was challenged quicker than the iPod's, and the iPad's quicker still. If you consider 7" tablets their own market, Apple is actually late to the par…

"Apple seems to make the most money when they open up a new market and lock out the competition for a long period of time" They are doing quite well on PCs in the modern era.

Nobody is doing "quite well" on consumer desktops right now. The market has shifted away from them towards tablets. The primary consumer for desktops at this point is likely corporations that buy cheap machines in bulk. Most of the rest of the crowd that cares about desktops are enthusiasts like me who aren't buying prebuilt anyway.

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