started this Bait and Switch with Jaguar, which still stings on the heels of the Classic/X trasnsition period we suffered through, and.mac. That was enought to make me, a Mac user since SE, build a Linux box. It reminds me of Halbersham's non-fiction "The Reckoning" in which the accountants begin running Ford, and quality, into the ground during the 1950s. Once spreadsheets dictate, the vision crumbles. Nice of Fred to discontinue the Cube but now the elegant 17" iMac is also being swept aside after slowing sales and a slight monitor price increase. Not smart. That was going to be the machine for non-techs in the smart office. Does iPod sell iTunes or does iTunes sell iPods? I think Fred wants to sell iTunes to iPod users. This is different strategy than the cohesive Mac platform strategy they've stuck to in the past. This is s/w revenues from Wintel users of Apple h/w, regardless of the hub. This is not iTunes sold to Wintel users but free if you have a Mac, that is, come on, join the revolution. It's just about revenues.
I've got friends looking to buy a home machine - they were going to buy the iMac after I used my digital cam and iPhoto to build and post a non-.mac web site of their own-going house remodel right while they watched. Now, I'll tell them to get what they have at work - Wintel. I'm not sticking my neck out.
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started this Bait and Switch with Jaguar, which still stings on the heels of the Classic/X trasnsition period we suffered through, and .mac. That was enought to make me, a Mac user since SE, build a Linux box.
It reminds me of Halbersham's non-fiction "The Reckoning" in which the accountants begin running Ford, and quality, into the ground during the 1950s. Once spreadsheets dictate, the vision crumbles. Nice of Fred to discontinue the Cube but now the elegant 17" iMac is also being swept aside after slowing sales and a slight monitor price increase. Not smart. That was going to be the machine for non-techs in the smart office. Does iPod sell iTunes or does iTunes sell iPods? I think Fred wants to sell iTunes to iPod users. This is different strategy than the cohesive Mac platform strategy they've stuck to in the past. This is s/w revenues from Wintel users of Apple h/w, regardless of the hub. This is not iTunes sold to Wintel users but free if you have a Mac, that is, come on, join the revolution. It's just about revenues.
I've got friends looking to buy a home machine - they were going to buy the iMac after I used my digital cam and iPhoto to build and post a non-.mac web site of their own-going house remodel right while they watched. Now, I'll tell them to get what they have at work - Wintel. I'm not sticking my neck out.