Comment What is Apple in the business to do? (Score 1) 789
I have had many a talk with many windows people that are stating(Wishing) Apple will come out with MacOS X for the PC computer. As much as the 'customer' would love this. There are some VERY significant facts these individuals that think apple will be a OS provider have overlooked.
First, Apple Computer is filed as a COMPUTER MANUFACTURER. They are in the business to sell COMPUTERS. All of the software Apple has created, ipods, iTunes, are strategies to encourage people to buy Apple computers. If you ask anyone about what is the best equipment to make movies with, everyone says 'The Mac'. That is an example of where Apple's strategy has succeeded. Apple is not great for everything, but Apple will keep what it has as #1.
Second, there are three attributes that make Apple computers stand out.
A) Appearance: This is subject to taste and style) but generally most people agree Apple computers do look very attractive.
B) It is not windows: Where many Mac users use Windows in the office, they do not want the hassle at home. Yet still use one physical computer. (The recent Mac-Intel narrows the canyon of making a single computer a reality)
C) MacOS X: When users are not required to use windows, they do like using a system that has low maintenance and low administration. This is what windows users wish Microsoft would do.... Nuff said about this (As this topic alone can go on forever....)
Third, for Apple to promise the same level of stability and security for the 1000s of different hardware models, motherboards, chips, etc, it would take a team three times that of all of the developers at Apple HQ and four years to write, test, and verify that much code. A monolithic tasks that when you look at the requirements would never make it into a business proposal.
Lastly, as much as Microsoft and Apple are rivals, they are also partners. Remember Microsoft has the Macintosh Business Unit which produces MS Office and Remote Desktop Connection and as of just the other year VirtualPC. The MBU had produced Microsoft Media player (Gag.. sorry.. couldn't help that) and Internet Explorer. Thus, the relationship is a love-hate one. So if you remove bias and hate for a moment. Apple allowing windows to run is a much better Win-Win partnership: Apple can sell the computer and Microsoft can sell Windows.
First, Apple Computer is filed as a COMPUTER MANUFACTURER. They are in the business to sell COMPUTERS. All of the software Apple has created, ipods, iTunes, are strategies to encourage people to buy Apple computers. If you ask anyone about what is the best equipment to make movies with, everyone says 'The Mac'. That is an example of where Apple's strategy has succeeded. Apple is not great for everything, but Apple will keep what it has as #1.
Second, there are three attributes that make Apple computers stand out.
A) Appearance: This is subject to taste and style) but generally most people agree Apple computers do look very attractive.
B) It is not windows: Where many Mac users use Windows in the office, they do not want the hassle at home. Yet still use one physical computer. (The recent Mac-Intel narrows the canyon of making a single computer a reality)
C) MacOS X: When users are not required to use windows, they do like using a system that has low maintenance and low administration. This is what windows users wish Microsoft would do.... Nuff said about this (As this topic alone can go on forever....)
Third, for Apple to promise the same level of stability and security for the 1000s of different hardware models, motherboards, chips, etc, it would take a team three times that of all of the developers at Apple HQ and four years to write, test, and verify that much code. A monolithic tasks that when you look at the requirements would never make it into a business proposal.
Lastly, as much as Microsoft and Apple are rivals, they are also partners. Remember Microsoft has the Macintosh Business Unit which produces MS Office and Remote Desktop Connection and as of just the other year VirtualPC. The MBU had produced Microsoft Media player (Gag.. sorry.. couldn't help that) and Internet Explorer. Thus, the relationship is a love-hate one. So if you remove bias and hate for a moment. Apple allowing windows to run is a much better Win-Win partnership: Apple can sell the computer and Microsoft can sell Windows.
