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Originally Posted by OtinG
...I hope they don’t repeat their mistakes from the 1990s that very nearly saw them go out of business.
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I think they are already on the way. The hardware has become so expensive that most average people can no longer afford it, their focus has changed/moved to mobile computing and although I love my iPads, they cannot replace my Mini or macbook. I read somewhere that they are still striving for an OS which will work on both platforms and that was looking more like the mobile than the desktop.. I confess to have been looking at Windows laptops of late... I want to be prepared for the time when my 2012 and 2010 hardware no longer works the way I need it to (that is, when my apps are updated and will no longer work with the OS version). My Macbook is on High Sierra, and the Mini on Mojave but I think thats the end of the line for both.
I started out with a MacPlus in 1992, but once out of University, switched to PC until 2003 when I bought my first OSX based computer. A very sensible eMac. I loved it.
The word elitist springs to mind when I think of Apple, these days. I'm sure they long for a return to the heady days of yore... but times have changed, and I think they are making a mistake not catering for the average joe. Its the old problem. Do you want to sell 10 things at $10,000, or 100 things at $1200 (I'm thinking Aus prices now)