arkusM
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First Off I use both OSs and I am not a rabid fan-boy. I started using Macs in my graphic design days. But more to the point I am interested in why Apple has been so successful.
I believe one of the main reasons Apple is successful is they don't sell the latest hardware and they don't sell software. They have perfected controlling a message and selling an experience coupled with a design philosophy that understands the relationships between all aspects of their business. The fan-boys don't often realize what they "love", and the haters often get hung up on tech specs. But Apple's claim to have "changed everything" is true, just not in the sense of offering cutting-edge technology.
I have observed that often the "haters" are generally relatively tech savvy (most commenters here are included) and therefore want/demand/expect a high level of control, look at what you all force Excel to do. But Apple's target are the less savvy, people who just want-it-to-work and for the most part they are satisfied. Of course there are THE stories of things that go bad, but nobody is perfect. But they have inarguably altered the conversation.
Like others have pointed out, no one gave video calling a second thought six years ago... And now the media outlets talk about "iPod/iPhone like" features, even Rim's new blackberry OS reeks of the iPhone interface. Microsoft actually improved the interface with their windows 7 phone (as far as I have seen). But the fact remains, Apple has altered the course of development, at least until another company realizes that to be spectacularly successful you need to do more than sell a good widget, you need a whole infrastructure behind it, and you sell the package not the widget. (again for those who want control, you are not the market)
What is interesting is I have friends in the film industry that use Macs for editing etc and they are becoming displeased with Apple because they feel that the new line-up does not meet the power needs they have come to rely on in the past. I guess shooting up the middle makes enemies on both fringes.
It is so much more than any one individual product.
Ok I'm done.
I believe one of the main reasons Apple is successful is they don't sell the latest hardware and they don't sell software. They have perfected controlling a message and selling an experience coupled with a design philosophy that understands the relationships between all aspects of their business. The fan-boys don't often realize what they "love", and the haters often get hung up on tech specs. But Apple's claim to have "changed everything" is true, just not in the sense of offering cutting-edge technology.
I have observed that often the "haters" are generally relatively tech savvy (most commenters here are included) and therefore want/demand/expect a high level of control, look at what you all force Excel to do. But Apple's target are the less savvy, people who just want-it-to-work and for the most part they are satisfied. Of course there are THE stories of things that go bad, but nobody is perfect. But they have inarguably altered the conversation.
Like others have pointed out, no one gave video calling a second thought six years ago... And now the media outlets talk about "iPod/iPhone like" features, even Rim's new blackberry OS reeks of the iPhone interface. Microsoft actually improved the interface with their windows 7 phone (as far as I have seen). But the fact remains, Apple has altered the course of development, at least until another company realizes that to be spectacularly successful you need to do more than sell a good widget, you need a whole infrastructure behind it, and you sell the package not the widget. (again for those who want control, you are not the market)
What is interesting is I have friends in the film industry that use Macs for editing etc and they are becoming displeased with Apple because they feel that the new line-up does not meet the power needs they have come to rely on in the past. I guess shooting up the middle makes enemies on both fringes.
It is so much more than any one individual product.
Ok I'm done.
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(oh help!).
