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Douglas A. McIntyre: Always bet against him. Best line from this: "The PC and Windows had done too good a job." Yes, that's exactly why Apple saw 51% growth
by ssharp 18y ago
Douglas A. McIntyre: Always bet against him.
Best line from this: "The PC and Windows had done too good a job." Yes, that's exactly why Apple saw 51% growth in Mac sales - because Windows has just been doing too damn good a job. Just to push his ignorance to the forefront, also tries to directly compare 2008 Apple with 1980's Apple and 1998 Apple.
Granted 1998 may have been an important year in Apples history but they never experienced volume and popularity like they have in 2005-Present. Apple is the biggest brand in tech right now. Trying to compare that with where they were in an infant PC market in the 1980's or when they were trying to resurrect themselves in the mid-late '90's is simply idiotic. He also fails to understand the impact that the young generation of computer users will have in the long-term. How many 20-something college students or IT-types are there that are pretty Apple-savvy. A lot. There is little doubt that this will seriously impact the work computing environment on some level. If any company in this discussion has hit a glass ceiling, it's clearly Microsoft.