Reply #48: Send meant taking it to CompUSA and picking it up a couple hours later. I didn't [View All]

[alfredo]

have to mail it off.

When I did the repairman survey, it was back in the last century.

Not every company wants to gain a monopoly. Jobs had a specific plan when he rejoined Apple. It wasn't about having Mac OS in a monopoly position. He didn't want the Mac to be a bean counter's ball and chain, he was interested in content delivery. The computer was not the end, it was a means to an end. His focus was building "insanely great" products. He's had more hits than misses, and he was right on the money when he put the focus on mobile computing.

Apple is much more powerful with just "4" percent than companies with a much larger user base.They do that by pushing innovations and brilliant marketing. They ditched the floppy drive, dropped SCSI for Firewire and USB. they were the first to go all LCD. They now make the greenest computer, the MacMini. Their lexan case on the early iMacs shook the industry up. How they did it without seams was a mystery to some. The Aluminum case on their pro computers is a thing of beauty. Their all in one laptop case is a big advancement in design and methods.


The iPod is becoming a popular gaming platform.

iTunes is just in its infancy. The Apple retail outlets went against conventional wisdom but has paid off.

Jobs is a visionary with an incredible design team to make the ideas real. Jonathan Ives is the unsung hero, he is the design genius.