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They tried this before with clones in the 90s. It didn't end well for anyone involved.
by camhenlin 9y ago
They tried this before with clones in the 90s. It didn't end well for anyone involved.
- Keyframe 9y agoIt went really well for clone manufacturers and Apple with quick infusion of cash they needed. It didn't end well because Jobs came in and put an end to it, fearing cannibalisation - at a point in time when their product was Mac, more or less. Now it's different. A lot different.
- captainmuon 9y agoI don't know what you mean, the model worked extremely well and IBM PC clones took over the market completely. Oh, you mean Mac clones ;-). What I'm trying to say is it depends entirely on execution if it works or not. I wouldn't go the way of outsourcing it to others. I would make the clone company a 100% daughter company of Apple, and at the same time I would crack down hard on other Hackintoshs (legally and technically). Apple can milk their cash cow and eat it, too (aehm, I mean their cake).
- nikanj 9y agoAnd how much of the PC desktop market did IBM retain? Apple probably prefers 100% of a smaller cake.