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And yet the clear winner in the PC market is Apple, an incumbent that always did both hardware and software.
by nihonde 9y ago
And yet the clear winner in the PC market is Apple, an incumbent that always did both hardware and software.
- linkregister 9y agoIs that clear? For desktops, Apple's sales barely register. Servers? Nope. Laptops? Sure. But Chromebooks have outsold them. The only realm that Apple dominates is smartphones. They're great. I enjoy my iPhone. It also happens that iPhone sales are enough to be the biggest publicly-traded company in the world.
- nihonde 9y agoIn my mind, “PC market” means personal computing devices of all form factors. Any other definition is splitting hairs to serve your desired outcome. Anyway, when is the last time software alone got someone from point A to point B? It’s a hell of a lot easier to license software from a provider than it is to outsource the building and shipping of reliable vehicles.