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Interesting regarding mention of an Apple ecosystem. never thought of it that way. At this moment, I’m typing this on a ten-year old Mac G4 that I bought for a little over $100. It’s running OS X, and is fully compatible with all my other Apple gear, including my iPod, iPad and MacBook. Try installing Windows 7 or Vista on a ten-year old PC and see if you can run your Windows apps - not an easy task. Many people I know have switched to Apples because everything just works without hassles.
I agree on one item. My Android phone is awesome except it has no integrated music management system. Win amp is getting close, but it is still not as convenient as my IPod with Itunes.
After 7 or 8 PCS, I Bought a MacBook Pro two weeks ago. Very clean, well thought out product, but no Delete key? and no right mouse button?
One very good feature is the magnetic external power connection, a big improvement over female socket connections soldered to a mother board, which are so prone to damage.
My wife and daughter each have an iPhone, and I find that using iTunes is kind of a pain. I used to sync up my daughter’s iPhone, but now she claims that she loses a whole bunch of data (phone numbers etc.) whenever it gets synced, so now won’t let me sync her iPhone to the computer, thus failing to get whatever new songs and apps are loaded in it. Maybe I was somehow doing it wrong, but if so, it’s not very intuitive.
For this to be their greatest advantage, takes me back back to the 80’s when this was considered their biggest weakness.
Apple had the market, but they became obsessed with proprietary control. Lotus 1-2-3 emerged on the DOS platform from a little unknown company that pushed everyone to the PC world.
Innovation almost always comes from small companies, almost never from large corporations. It comes from individuals with ideas. When companies get too large, they behave like governments. Google, Facebook, any new large scale thing has come from small groups of people, almost never from committees and think tanks.
This is what actually got Apple back into the market place, as they were behaving like a small company, they became innovative, and they were working against the giant Microsoft.
But things are cyclic, and my take on it, is that Apple has once again grown too big for its britches. They are becoming cumbersome, and they are going right back to what got them screwed in the first place, their inability to maneuver, which is what is putting them right on par with Microsoft.
Combine the Committee-Think of a large corporation with the sole proprietary control that blocks out innovation from the real thinkers of the world (usually college age kids) and I think you will see Apple stagnate once again.
The only way to keep their base in this event, is to keep the product trendy looking, keep the advertising sharp, continue to market themselves towards the technically challenged, and to place themselves as the tool of choice for those who are “eco friendly” and “globally minded”.
I predict you will see less focus on technology from them in the future, and even more focus on the “lifestyle” that they represent.
Just ask them. On second thought, you don't need to ask – They'll tell you whether you ask or not.