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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5055203" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>My bet on the SDK side is that Apple is going to position the new tablet as a bridge between the iPhone and the Macintosh line, with the emphasis for now being on iPhone interoperability.</p><p></p><p>A few options for Apple fans to embrace, but the emphasis being on stand-alone options for the iPhone's/iPod's MS Windows users to love.</p><p></p><p>Above all, I expect to see an extended development environment which attempts to have devs create apps for both the iPhone and iSlate (for lack of a better term) at the same time. A move twoards a more unified dev environment, with differenr screen resolutions perhaps, but otherwise, more or less the same capabilities.</p><p></p><p>If Apple plays its cards right, they will<em><u> own</u></em> the netbook market just as they do the mp3 player market by 2020. If they do it right, frankly, I can even see how Apple can dramatically expand their market share in the coming decade on the PC side, too. </p><p></p><p>And it may be that what we think of as a PC, at least in the home, will begin to change substantially as well.</p><p></p><p>I'm not an Apple fanboi. I'm a MS Windows user and for the most part, always have been (albeit my first computer was an Apple ][+ back in 1985)' everything after that was a MS based PC. But the stars are aligning against MS in the home market. Given that dedicated PC gaming has essentially<em><strong> died</strong></em> as a mainstream home application, one of the greatest advantages MS had over Apple in the home market has now been lost. As that market gives way to portability and usability, I think Apple has just as much - maybe MORE to leverage in the longterm than Microsoft does.</p><p></p><p>And that's saying something.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that Apple is going to dominate the PC market in the way that MS does -- or has. But if all of this unspools in Apple's favor over the coming decade, I can easily see a market in 2020 where Apple has a 25% market share of the "PC market". </p><p></p><p>Ten years ago - that would have been unthinkable.</p><p></p><p>That's the problem with being #1. The only way to go, generally, is down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5055203, member: 20741"] My bet on the SDK side is that Apple is going to position the new tablet as a bridge between the iPhone and the Macintosh line, with the emphasis for now being on iPhone interoperability. A few options for Apple fans to embrace, but the emphasis being on stand-alone options for the iPhone's/iPod's MS Windows users to love. Above all, I expect to see an extended development environment which attempts to have devs create apps for both the iPhone and iSlate (for lack of a better term) at the same time. A move twoards a more unified dev environment, with differenr screen resolutions perhaps, but otherwise, more or less the same capabilities. If Apple plays its cards right, they will[I][U] own[/U][/I] the netbook market just as they do the mp3 player market by 2020. If they do it right, frankly, I can even see how Apple can dramatically expand their market share in the coming decade on the PC side, too. And it may be that what we think of as a PC, at least in the home, will begin to change substantially as well. I'm not an Apple fanboi. I'm a MS Windows user and for the most part, always have been (albeit my first computer was an Apple ][+ back in 1985)' everything after that was a MS based PC. But the stars are aligning against MS in the home market. Given that dedicated PC gaming has essentially[I][B] died[/B][/I] as a mainstream home application, one of the greatest advantages MS had over Apple in the home market has now been lost. As that market gives way to portability and usability, I think Apple has just as much - maybe MORE to leverage in the longterm than Microsoft does. And that's saying something. I'm not saying that Apple is going to dominate the PC market in the way that MS does -- or has. But if all of this unspools in Apple's favor over the coming decade, I can easily see a market in 2020 where Apple has a 25% market share of the "PC market". Ten years ago - that would have been unthinkable. That's the problem with being #1. The only way to go, generally, is down. [/QUOTE]
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