Posts Tagged ‘Mac’
The Apple Mac Takes Its Place In The Post-PC World
PC Resurgent The PC market turnaround is real. ~ Bob O’Donnell (@bobodtech) 10/15/14 Q: IS THE PC MARKET TURNAROUND REAL? A: No. Macs are resurgent. Google Chrome is slowly gaining ground. However, sales of traditional … Continue reading
Mac vs. PC All Over Again
The latest round of company quarterly financial results illuminate three trends in the device market: Apple continues to generate record profits largely due to growing iPhone sales (iPad sales are slowly declining, Macs are growing, … Continue reading
Up-Selling The Mac
Yesterday, in “Whither Apple Or Wither Apple?” I wrote about Apple’s efforts to steal market share from Android. Today I focus on Apple’s efforts to up-sell their iPhone and iPad customers to the Mac. Continuity...
Market Share Metaphysics
Twice before I have used Aristotle’s concept of “Essentialism” to explain why tablets are “real” computers and why OS X will not be merging with iOS. Today, I go to the well one last time1...
Apple’s Grand Strategy
Grand Strategy Grand Strategy is not about winning the war, its about winning the peace. It’s not about destroying your competitor, its about preserving who you are. It’s not about moving toward a destination, it’s … Continue reading
Apple Could Challenge Microsoft for Desktop Dominance. But It Won’t
Apple’s opportunity to dominate desktop computing probably disappeared the day in 1981 that IBM shipped the Personal Computer. Apple’s first attempt at a “business” computer, the Apple ///, was a technical and commercial flop. The … Continue reading
Apple’s WWDC: Instant Analyses
Introduction Through the graciousness of Techpinions and Apple Inc., I was able to attend the Apple World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), held this past Monday, June 10, 2013. I have a couple of in-depth articles … Continue reading
4 Mobile Business Models, 4 Ways To Keep Score
The hundred meter dash, archery, weightlifting and the long jump are four very different Olympic sports with four very different methods of keeping score. The hundred meter dash is scored on speed. Archery is scored … Continue reading
Android’s Market Share Is Literally A Joke
This is the first of three articles looking at how we measure – and mis-measure – who is “winning” in the mobile sector. Article one focuses on market share and was inspired by an article … Continue reading
Windows vs. Mac In Schools: All the Wrong Reasons
The Maine Department of Education announced earlier this week that it was switching from Apple Macintoshes to Hewlett-Packard Windows PCs as the technology behind the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Macs had been used exclusively since the … Continue reading
Miscellaneous Musings On Apple’s Earnings And The Future Of Personal Computing
Yesterday Apple released their earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012. It is important to note that Apple had 14 weeks, as compared to the normal 13 weeks, in their year ago fourth quarter. In … Continue reading
It’s Going To Be A Very Apple-y Holiday Quarter
Tightwads, Value Buyers and Spendthrifts Oscar Wilde once said that cynics know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Similarly, tech pundits are often obsessed with price to the detriment of value. Despite … Continue reading
Mac Attack
At the Apple Special Event held on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, Tim Cook announced these facts regarding Apple’s Mac Computers: 1) Mac notebooks rank #1 in market share in the U.S. for the last 3 … Continue reading
The New Mac Ads: If Tech Companies Were Cruise Lines
There has been a real kerfuffle caused by the new Mac Ads. Some people dislike them. Others hate, hate, hate them. On the other hand, some people like them…or, at least, they tolerate them. MAC … Continue reading
OS X Mountain Lion: My Favorite New Features
Tim wrote earlier this week about his conviction that when it comes to post PC platforms Apple will keep OS X and iOS separate rather than merge the two as many expect. What Apple has … Continue reading
The Apple Ecosystem Just Got Stronger
Apple today at their World Wide Developers Conference released a number of things that have made their ecosystem even stronger. I am of the opinion that one of the best ways to analyze computing platforms … Continue reading
The Apple Brand Is a Powerful Selling Point
At the Intel Developer Forum this week I saw a number of interesting products and product concepts from a wide range of manufacturers. As I looked over many of these products, some from known brands … Continue reading
