phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (04/02/91)
The Mac users have been talking about trivial advantages, like how lousy Win Program Manager is. Granted, it sucks. But that's nothing that couldn't be fixed in Win3.1 or 3.2. What counts are things that cost a lot or take a long time to change. This is where Apple is at a big disadvantage. (quote from EET) ****************************************************************** Apple's biggest problem isn't software, it's hardware. Because Apple's piece of the personal computer market remains so small, it's questionable whether it can maintain its share in the face of diminishing product differentiation. Apple's working hard to improve its hardware. But while Microsoft now leverages hardware R&D investments enabled by $40 billion in combined DOS-hardware sales, Apple must attempt to drive the market with R&D funds out of its own $4 billion in sales, less the cost of keeping its software competitive. The irony is that although Apple has demonstrated progressive thinking in computer use, it's been downright backward with respect to computer manufacturing. Apple's market share remains small because its computers have been expensive and limited in form-factor and options compared with DOS machines, which have been benefited from vigorous market competition. ****************************************************************** I know the truth hurts, but there it is. Of course, Apple thinks it owns some fundamental concepts, like overlapping windows. Boy oh boy. -- 72 DPI sucks.
gort@cup.portal.com (george d harrington) (04/03/91)
Philip Ngai writes: >The Mac users have been talking about trivial advantages, like how >lousy Win Program Manager is. Granted, it sucks. But that's nothing >that couldn't be fixed in Win3.1 or 3.2. > >What counts are things that cost a lot or take a long time to change. >This is where Apple is at a big disadvantage. . . . If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. gort@cup.portal.com