Get out of the box!
Everybody is so stuck in the box. One must think different(ly.) Hardware is important and I too want the fastest powermac and laptop possible, but that is just half of the picture.
Hardware: I want macs using PPC and x86 chips, both designed and sold exclusively by Apple. This will end the which is faster hardware debate. Also, tack on faster CPUs, buses, memory, firewire, etc and do some more cool DLDs like the iPod.
Software: This is where I see the biggest potential. Give us a version of Appleworks that can compete with Office and that reads and writes to Office formats. Give it out for free. Watch MS squirm as Apple pulls a MS tactic on them. Why would anyone buy Office for a hundreds when they can get something equal for free? Apple cannot get sued for monopoly practices because they are not a monopoly. MS loses, Apple wins.
Apple also needs to continue developing software solutions like iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD. Have the low end programs bundled with the computer and have high end programs available for the professional. I'm looking forward to what they will do with Emagic and the music end, and the browser end. How about developing a web development tool, dtp, and paint program to end their dependence on Adobe? Also they need their own games development or at least partnerships to bring all the best games to the Mac at the same time as PCs and consoles.
Apple also needs to give us a great programming environment, database product, and an open source accounting program so programmers can modify it for various businesses.
Bottom line: I think Apple's biggest potential and needs are not hardware but software. If one could buy an Apple with all this cool software, it would be cheaper than buying a PC and having to buy extra software and the hassle of installing it all.
One more thing, put the operating system in a ROM card so we have instant on. Heck, put the top 10 software programs on that ROM too so those programs have instant on. Imagine, turning on a Mac and one second later it is ready to go. Then pull up Apple's Photoshop program and it is ready in one second. Gee, I remeber my old Commodore 64. I turned it on and it was ready to use in a few seconds.
The good news is Apple seems to be doing some of this and I like what I see. None of these concepts are far fetched. We and Apple can focus on the CPU front and miss the other possibilities. Think outside the box. Think differently. This is what I would do with Apple.
Everybody is so stuck in the box. One must think different(ly.) Hardware is important and I too want the fastest powermac and laptop possible, but that is just half of the picture.
Hardware: I want macs using PPC and x86 chips, both designed and sold exclusively by Apple. This will end the which is faster hardware debate. Also, tack on faster CPUs, buses, memory, firewire, etc and do some more cool DLDs like the iPod.
Software: This is where I see the biggest potential. Give us a version of Appleworks that can compete with Office and that reads and writes to Office formats. Give it out for free. Watch MS squirm as Apple pulls a MS tactic on them. Why would anyone buy Office for a hundreds when they can get something equal for free? Apple cannot get sued for monopoly practices because they are not a monopoly. MS loses, Apple wins.
Apple also needs to continue developing software solutions like iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD. Have the low end programs bundled with the computer and have high end programs available for the professional. I'm looking forward to what they will do with Emagic and the music end, and the browser end. How about developing a web development tool, dtp, and paint program to end their dependence on Adobe? Also they need their own games development or at least partnerships to bring all the best games to the Mac at the same time as PCs and consoles.
Apple also needs to give us a great programming environment, database product, and an open source accounting program so programmers can modify it for various businesses.
Bottom line: I think Apple's biggest potential and needs are not hardware but software. If one could buy an Apple with all this cool software, it would be cheaper than buying a PC and having to buy extra software and the hassle of installing it all.
One more thing, put the operating system in a ROM card so we have instant on. Heck, put the top 10 software programs on that ROM too so those programs have instant on. Imagine, turning on a Mac and one second later it is ready to go. Then pull up Apple's Photoshop program and it is ready in one second. Gee, I remeber my old Commodore 64. I turned it on and it was ready to use in a few seconds.
The good news is Apple seems to be doing some of this and I like what I see. None of these concepts are far fetched. We and Apple can focus on the CPU front and miss the other possibilities. Think outside the box. Think differently. This is what I would do with Apple.
