Re:Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
by kalleboo on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:50PM
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In the 90's I cared about Apple not dying because I loved the Mac. Apple dying or discontinuing the Mac are the same thing to me. I would be fine with an Android instead of an iPhone, the difference there just isn't that big to me. OTOH every time I try Windows it makes me want to throw the thing out the window.
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Re:Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
by scarface74 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:35PM
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The chances of Apple discontinuing the Mac without maturing iOS is slim. What I am saying is that In the 90s if the Mac wasn’t doing well, Apple was toast and there wasn’t going to be any Mac. Now, Apple’s existence is not dependent on the Mac and Apple can survive and keep producing Macs without the Mac being thier primary revenue generator.
Honestly, it doesn’t take much investment in the Mac to keep it. Apple is already on the path of merging the Mac underpinnings with iOS underpinnings. Any investment in iOS is an investment in the Mac. Intel does a lot of the heavy lifting with chip design and motherboard design.