Το iPad θα σκοτώσει το Mac;

The Mac's greatest enemy may not be Microsoft Windows. It may be Apple itself. In a conversation at a Goldman Sachs technology conference, Apple COO Tim Cook said that Apple is a "mobile devices company," and that more devices will get the iPhone OS. A bit later, AT&T's CEO said the iPad would mostly be a Wi-Fi (read: home) product rather than something you tote around and use on the street.

This jibes with something I've been thinking about Apple: if it could do the Mac all over again, it would use the iPhone OS. Don't think of the iPad as a big iPod touch. Think of it, rather, as the new Mac—a new mode of home-based computing that Apple hopes will bubble up through its product line.

This means no independent software stores, fewer open-source projects, and perhaps a blanket ban on BitTorrent, Flash, and Firefox. It means a much more restricted peripheral market. The Mac will no longer be a PC as we know it—it will be an "end-to-end experience" like the iPhone.

Netbooks and nettops have been popular in the Windows world, and it looks like Apple will try to seize some of those buyers with iPhone OS-running mini-PCs. (The iPad is just the first.) If that market explodes and Apple takes its focus away from the Mac, the Mac platform very well might wither in favor of this new, smooth, controlled experience.

The MacBook and Mac Mini lines will succumb first, as they are lower-cost and appeal mostly to consumers. Mac Pros will last the longest, as professionals tend to require a wide range of peculiar hardware and accessories.

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Που βάζω την υπογραφή μου; Είμαι σίγουρος ότι θα συμβεί αυτό αλλά όχι όπως λέει ο PC Magας παραπάνω.

Να το πω διαφορετικά. Έχει ΗΔΗ συμβεί αυτό! Τα iPhone/iPod Touch είναι πλέον 2-3 φορές περισσότερα εκεί έξω από τα Mac. Κι αυτό μόνο να μεγαλώσει μπορεί, ΕΙΔΙΚΑ με τον ερχομό του iPad.

Η Apple το μόνο που έχει να κάνει είναι να βελτιώσει ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΑ το Mac OS X με το 10.7 και το υλικό των Mac ή είναι θέμα χρόνου να πέσουν κατακόρυφα οι πωλήσεις των Mac ΠΑΝΤΑ σε σχέση με τις πωλήσεις των iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.

Στη χειρότερη η Apple έτσι και αλλιώς μόνο να μεγαλώνει μπορεί εις βάρος των αντιπάλων της. Περαστικά τους.