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To be honest, there is no compelling alternative out there at the moment. The only possible contenders currently if they are to ever materialize are Google and
by dman 9y ago
To be honest, there is no compelling alternative out there at the moment. The only possible contenders currently if they are to ever materialize are Google and Microsoft (Companies that have a proven track record of doing both software and hardware at Apples scale). Chances of someone coming up and beating Apple at their current game seem unlikely. What is likely however is that some one comes up with a better and more compelling definition of "computing" and Apple fails to react to that in a timely manner because they are too busy working on a thinner version of their current hardware lineup.
- simonh 9y agoLosing Chris Lattner was a real shame on that score, but Apple does seem to be an organisation that can walk and chew gum at the same time. They have top flight hardware guys and top flight software guys and I don't see the software guys losing focus because of something the hardware guys are doing. On the contrary the two sids of the business seems to constantly challenge each other push the envelope that bit further. There are risks. They don't seem to think AR or VR headsets are worth pursuing. I happen to think they are right and they are correctly avoiding an expensive and distracting technological cul de sac, but one of these days there is a chance they will call something like that wrong and miss something important.