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Apple earned only 6-7billion last quarter selling Macs, in a quarter with 50-60 billion in overall sales. [1] I think there's a real possibility Apple will sto
by eldavido 11y ago
Apple earned only 6-7billion last quarter selling Macs, in a quarter with 50-60 billion in overall sales. [1]
I think there's a real possibility Apple will stop selling computers. They already don't care about the "high-end creative" market. OTOH I don't know what people would use to develop for iOS/Watch, but...you heard it here first.
[1] http://www.statista.com/statistics/263428/apples-revenue-from-macintosh-computers-since-first-quarter-2006/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/263428/apples-revenue-fro...
- frandroid 11y agoThey're not going to relinquish the only platform to develop iDevice apps on, not to mention the mindshare they get from being a super important dev platform for all kinds of creative leaders. It's just not a financial question, there are tons of downstream implications.
- eric_h 11y agoI suspect that Apple will always continue making the "trucks" of the computing world (to borrow Steve Jobs' analogy). To continue the analogy, compare their revenue numbers with, say Daimler[0]. Daimler sells more Mercedes cars than their other vehicles, but they still get revenue from trucks and buses and other pro/commercial vehicles.
- pier25 11y agoI find it hard to believe. iOS is not ready for prime time and Apple refuses to create a Surface like device and merging iOS with OSX.
- eldavido 11y ago> not ready for prime time I'm not sure what counts as "prime time" if 75 million phones sold in one quarter doesn't? http://www.wired.com/2016/01/apple-sold-a-record-number-of-iphones-but-just-barely/ http://www.wired.com/2016/01/apple-sold-a-record-number-of-i...
- pier25 11y agoPrime time, as in being your main OS.