I think it's more obvious than that.
Apple is going to get out of the hardware business and make OSX for PC's.
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Apple's Upcoming Product Transition
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I think it's more obvious than that.
Apple is going to get out of the hardware business and make OSX for PC's.
Yeah, I remember that.
But the MT UI is addicting.
After an outing with the iPhone, I find vaguely uncomfortable/dissatisfied with the traditional mouse/keyboard interface...
Something's missing!
Why can't I just tap/squeeze/stroke/flick that page in iTunes/Aperture/FC/Pages/iPhoto/Google Maps/Safari/etc. on my Mac?
Control keys and mouse click/scroll are sooooo last century... like clothes that you've outgrown (or have gone out of style)... I just don't want to work (look) that way anymore.
KB/mouse is so... so... sooooo... polyester!
Duh!!! Multi touch Macs! Cant anyone see that? The multitouch panels will be way more expensive, but Apple wont raise the cost! Also, possibly multitouch iPods!
I've gotta agree. It's margins.
The current iMac has not been updated in 9 months; but the hardware used has dropped in price considerably. It probably has HUGE margins.
When Apple releases the new iMac, they're going to suddenly have much lower margins; add to that the current iMacs that will sit on shelves and have to be returned, and add to that the Leopard transition, and add to that the cost of deploying so many machines and increased R&D as Leopard nears completeness and the new machines come...
And add to that Apple's new accounting scheme...
I can see why they'd expect a short-term reduction in profits. Reduced profits does not mean a loss, just means making less money than they were making the month before.
You read the article and saw what was making them money right? It wasn't the iPhone...
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Hm. This story item makes me wonder what they could introduce that
would cut into the bottom line so badly as an upfront cost? The only guesses
I can make would be introduction of a lower margin iPhone, or a lowish margin
flash laptop(?????). Surely brushed metal iMac enclosures aren't going to set
them back much. Could iMac's with LED screens be the culprit? Sheesh. Either
way, I am also a little bummed that I basically HAVE to buy a mac on the
upcoming taxfree day, and it seems almost a sure bet that I'll fail to get
the benefit of whatever is around the corner, plus I expect not to be able to
get a cheap Leopard upgrade either. That's the way it goes.
would cut into the bottom line so badly as an upfront cost? The only guesses
I can make would be introduction of a lower margin iPhone, or a lowish margin
flash laptop(?????). Surely brushed metal iMac enclosures aren't going to set
them back much. Could iMac's with LED screens be the culprit? Sheesh. Either
way, I am also a little bummed that I basically HAVE to buy a mac on the
upcoming taxfree day, and it seems almost a sure bet that I'll fail to get
the benefit of whatever is around the corner, plus I expect not to be able to
get a cheap Leopard upgrade either. That's the way it goes.
They make their money off the hardware, they are highly profitable, and given their tiny market share more so than Microsoft.
Could be I suppose, I really don't know...
Neither do I, developers would need to know beforehand, and it'd debute on a laptop. Personally I still think they're going to replace the iMac with the xMac, if the iMac was going Santa Rosa it would have done so already it hasn't been updated since last September...
I like this idea, but the first thing that crosses my mind is whether this would put Apple in the same hot water that MS was in bundling Windows Media Player.
Every time the iMac gets re-designed, there are brand new chip sets...I imagine that the cost of these components are going to be better Ram, more hard drive space (not flash, no way in the imac), MUCH better video cards and Quad core chips.
This is even more ridiculous than the lack of an iMac update...I have also been very interested in a low end Mac Pro instead of a High End Imac, and have been waiting for them to have 2 gig of Ram as the stock along with a better graphics card...I can't see them re-designing it again, so why haven't the components been upgraded...it's been far too long.
That will never happen because OSX is no where near a monopoly.Besides Quicktime is "bundled" with Apple's O/S.
I don't think this has much to do with Leopard. A lot of Mac buyers won't even be aware of the pend OS revision, others who do will choose to wait for a couple updates before adoption and early adopters will be happy to pay the $129. I'm not saying the release of Leopard in October won't have *any* effect on Mac sales, but I don't think it will be material to the bottom line.
Also, OS X releases (10.x.0) have always included the current iLife suite.
Also, OS X releases (10.x.0) have always included the current iLife suite.
I agree. Apple has let many things slip in the wake of the iPhone. The iMac needs updating, Mac Mini???, the iPod needs an update, Leopard, iLife and iWork are delayed because of the iPhone, and the Mac Pro needs an update badly. I'm not about to drop 2500+ dollars on a machine with graphics cards that are a year an a half old. Paying 2006 prices for 2006 hardware halfway through 2007 does not appeal to me.
If Apple made everything in the TV Shows section available for $29.99 a month and added live sports, award shows, etc., I would seriously consider getting antv and dumping Comcast.
Except that Comcast would screw you on the cable internet when it's not attached to a cable tv plan. My internet only account with them is nearly $70 a month after taxes in the ATL.
I can understand Apple waiting on the iMac since it seems a lot is changing about it...the Mac Mini sounds like it is going away...and the iPods was not updated because of the iPhone. The Laptops have received updates steadily because there has been no major cosmetic change, so the Mac Pro should as well. NVIDIA and ATI released the Better cards months ago now, no reason to wait any longer (as said as it is, it seems the iMac update is coming first).
Ditto for me. They'll have a $4000 order from me as soon as they refresh this stale machine!
Hi Everybody:
I think the "Product Transition" could fall into these 3 categories or be a mixed version of them:
1- Transition to a total green, environment safe, greenpeace-pleasable mac;
2- Transition to a HDD-less mac. Using memory card instead of Hard Disk;
3- Transition to a Keyless mac with a customizable graphical keyboard (iphone-like) instead of a fixed one.
I think the "Product Transition" could fall into these 3 categories or be a mixed version of them:
1- Transition to a total green, environment safe, greenpeace-pleasable mac;
2- Transition to a HDD-less mac. Using memory card instead of Hard Disk;
3- Transition to a Keyless mac with a customizable graphical keyboard (iphone-like) instead of a fixed one.
Does apple realize R&D costs for new products when the product is released? IE record it on their financial statements that way.
Does switching equipment in a manufacturing plant over to making new computer cases etc. increase costs?
Does the over-head of maintaining support for another generation of old equipment raise costs for apple?
Is perhaps the next generation of iLife DEPENDANT on core animation?
Just my thoughts as I read through this.
Does switching equipment in a manufacturing plant over to making new computer cases etc. increase costs?
Does the over-head of maintaining support for another generation of old equipment raise costs for apple?
Is perhaps the next generation of iLife DEPENDANT on core animation?
Just my thoughts as I read through this.