Apple can gain at least 10% market share in 60 days

a_greera_greer
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
how, license osx on x86 - list all of the volnerabilities of windows replace the ipod campeign with a replace windows campeign and an all out media blitz - full page ad in NY times, and wsj - tons of PT tv spots, the whole deal



just think "no new hardware-just buy this 199$ or 299 for a family 4 or 5 pack box and pop in the cd!"



include the i-apps, safari, mail, and so on



one major thing in the way : OFFICE

get around this by doing something with iWrite



ok commence shoot-down

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    This is backed up by numbers from...



    Apple shouldn't even try to support all the different hardware types that MS does, it's ridiculous really.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I'm closing this thread before it has the opportunity to turn into a flamewar battlefront. The "Mac OS X on x86" issue has not only been hashed out dozens of times on AppleInsider; it's been driven into the ground probably thousands of times across the internet. Please, do some searches.



    Here's the short of it:



    IT CANNOT REALISTICALLY HAPPEN IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN A DEATH-THROWN LAST RESORT.



    1. Apple is a hardware company. Apple's profit from software sales are infinitesimal compared to the margins and revenues brought in by hardware.



    2. Apple would no longer control the "whole widget" and thus the seamless computing experience would be no more.



    3. Apple would suddenly have to support thousands more configurations rather than a few dozen. Enter tech support hell.



    4. Classic would no longer exist.



    5. ALL CURRENT THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE WOULD CEASE TO RUN.



    That just the first few big reasons. Then you have to start getting into more sticky issues of piracy - serialization - product activation, the loss of support from the original and most passionately-supportive Mac community, the existing monopoly Microsoft holds on x86 hardware, market momentum of the Microsoft monopoly, mindshare, etc. etc.
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