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5 Predictions for Apple in 2007

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gross-conjecture-and-speculation dept.

Michael writes "2006 is coming to a close, and all anyone can think about (in regards to Apple, at least) is the upcoming Apple phone, but what happens next? What are we going to be salivating over and speculating about after Macworld? What changes are in store for Apple in 2007? No one knows for sure, but it sure is fun to take a guess."

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  1. My top 5 predictions for Apple by Salvance · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My top 5:

    5. Apple will break the 10% market share mark in new computer sales
    4. The iPod will face it's first big competitor at Christmas 2007, from a vastly improved Zune
    3. iPod will release a hard-drive free version of it's Video iPod, utilizing multiple flash memory cards to achieve 40GB+
    2. Apple will release the iPhone, and it will be the must have phone of 2007
    1. Apple will announce plans for a set-top box, integrating gaming, cable, and internet browsing

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  2. Re:Parallels.... vs OSX native... by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I predict that the market will clone the Windows API, and it will stablize, much like Unix has.

    Apple will implement the API and tie it with all the goodness of Mac OS X and none of the badness of Windows.

    Linux will implement the API and tie it with all the goodness of ... well Linux, and none of the badness of Windows.

    The term "Windows Compatable" will become much like "IBM Compatable" was in 1980s. Software will no longer be written for Microsoft Windows, but rather the new Windows API.

    Microsoft will abandon Vista fairly quickly after nobody wants it. Mac and linux takes off.

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