Daniel Payne
Moderator
Jim,
Little chance that Apple would merge MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, two entirely distinct market segments. I use the MacBook Pro because it offers a 17 inch display, while users of the MacBook Air enjoy the light weight feature (at the expense of tiny displays which I no longer can read without glasses).
If Apple were to merger the Pro and Air lines together we would loose the wonderful 17 inch displays. It isn't broke, so little chance that Apple would fix it by merging two growing product lines.
I predict that the Nokia Intel Microsoft collaboration is too little too late for the smart phone market, and will languish with single digit market segment numbers, then quietly disbanded.
Microsoft was cool in the 80's however since then they continue to enter markets late, follow the leaders (Apple, Google), then try to embrace standards only to extend and pervert them (remember what they did to Java and how a Federal Judge convicted them and forced them to conform and pay Sun a fine). I only use Microsoft software under duress.
Totally agree that 2012 is the year that Android must gain market share in the tablet space. The Asus Transformer looks awesome on paper in technical specs versus the iPad 2, however Apple dominates the marketing demand-creation of that category and there are fewer geeks buying Android tablets versus the rest of the hip people buying the iPad 2.
The winners at CES are those that create the most attractive marketing messages and partner with technology leaders.
Little chance that Apple would merge MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, two entirely distinct market segments. I use the MacBook Pro because it offers a 17 inch display, while users of the MacBook Air enjoy the light weight feature (at the expense of tiny displays which I no longer can read without glasses).
If Apple were to merger the Pro and Air lines together we would loose the wonderful 17 inch displays. It isn't broke, so little chance that Apple would fix it by merging two growing product lines.
I predict that the Nokia Intel Microsoft collaboration is too little too late for the smart phone market, and will languish with single digit market segment numbers, then quietly disbanded.
Microsoft was cool in the 80's however since then they continue to enter markets late, follow the leaders (Apple, Google), then try to embrace standards only to extend and pervert them (remember what they did to Java and how a Federal Judge convicted them and forced them to conform and pay Sun a fine). I only use Microsoft software under duress.
Totally agree that 2012 is the year that Android must gain market share in the tablet space. The Asus Transformer looks awesome on paper in technical specs versus the iPad 2, however Apple dominates the marketing demand-creation of that category and there are fewer geeks buying Android tablets versus the rest of the hip people buying the iPad 2.
The winners at CES are those that create the most attractive marketing messages and partner with technology leaders.
