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But seriously - we're talking about a new Apple computer that's incompatible with EVERYTHING and whose only real market feature, other than being an Apple product, is that it's as powerful as a NETBOOK?
Wait.. why the hell am I surprised?
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That's an image I really didn't need in my head.... *shudder*
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I need bleach for my brain!
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Second other than the G3 Apple really didnt design any chips after that, much of the G4 and G5 where from the other two in the group.
Third they now OWN a chip maker.
So its not stupid, its actually smart. They are cutting out the middle man (and thus making more profit than they would otherwise be making due to chip licensing) AND get to tightly integrate it into their device.
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Apple knows how to run their business and if there is no tablet, then I'm fairly certain that Apple has some market data justifying the decision.
As I've said, I try not to second-guess the business judgment of global corporations with $80b in market capitalization.
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I'm just saying that big companies make big decisions based on a lot of data. And when it comes to tech, there's R&D costs to consider even before it's brought to market.
Yes, Apple TV is a failure, as was the Cube, and the Newton. But the iPod did pretty well, in spite of heavy criticism of being useless when it was released.
And, in the interests of being fair and balanced, Microsoft Bob, Windows ME, and Vista were failures. But Windows 95, 98, 2000, and XP kicked some serious ass, as did the XBox.
07/13/09
Not saying the tablet will be a killer product, but just because a company is big never guarantees that they always know what they are doing.
Sometimes...customer desires does actually matter.
07/13/09
No doubt, lessons learned from the MacBook Air, and the Apple TV will pave the way for better products in the future.
07/13/09
It's impossible to judge the tablet yet because, well, no one knows what it will be. Remember when iPhone rumors derided a kludgy iPod with a physical phone keyboard?
Personally, I do love me some iPhone. However, if I need to do any serious internetting, the screen is too small. A 3 inch internet isn't the internet.
A tablet with a larger screen would have spared me from Panera's asiago bagels (actually pretty good) during a recent trip. I needed the internet on an internet class screen because my iPhone was too small. The iPhone is great for quick answers, but not perusing.
Ah....who are we kidding?
Let's face it, as soon as Apple comes out with a tablet, scrape away the bashers who will hate it no matter what ("what?! No time travel?!?") and the rest of us are going to want it 5 nanoseconds into the keynote. Apple's been working on it for years, it's not going to suck, and even if it does, it will have enough win in it that nitpick as we will, we will, all of us, glance at our piggy banks with smash in our eyes.
07/13/09
Apple, on the other hand, doesn't have a huge selection of computers. They have 1 or 2 for each type: a few notebooks, ranging in price and power, a few desktops, a few all-in-one's, and that's it. They have their bases covered, but they're not overloaded. And the fact that their market share has gone up significantly (as far as Apple's market share is concerned) in the last few years, they obviously make products that people want.
They're doing just fine. More than just fine; they're doing fantastic.
06/12/09
Apple's gonna release a Macbook using an Atom 330 and a 9400M (ION) as an inexpensive answer to the netbook craze (since the Air is still too expensive). Its going to have a 10' screen and no optical drive.
I would love to see it going for $499 or less, but I doubt it will be below $699, since after all we are talking about an Apple product.
Anyway, a Tablet? yeah, because tablets are all the rage right now! Have you ever seen any tablet becoming popular? anywhere?