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Right. My view is that Apple's resurgence was due to two factors: a radically improved product (the newer Macs, with MacOS X) plus persuasive evangelists (alpha
by isamuel 17y ago
Right. My view is that Apple's resurgence was due to two factors: a radically improved product (the newer Macs, with MacOS X) plus persuasive evangelists (alpha geeks like you and me). The bet with the iPad appears to be that you can piss off the geeks to some extent as long as the product is really good (in the eyes of the target market). I'd be lying if I said I knew how it was going to turn out.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoPlus the web, which meant you could use enough dumbed-down, low-quality, low-fi GUI, cross-platform apps that you didn't mind being locked out of the Windows ecosystem. (It didn't affect me but the poor quality ports of Microsoft Office and Adobe products that made OS X a viable platform for some too.)