Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
again broad build commodity cool cost create deal design designs dictates drives hardware hoping increasing incredible innovation intel interface largely limits microsoft products reasons rules tendency user
One of the things I'm hoping will come out of the Apple-Intel deal is a broad realization that incredible design is once again possible. Over the years the hardware OEMs have consistently used Intel and Microsoft as reasons they can't build really cool products. Microsoft dictates a user interface that limits UI innovation and Intel's increasing tendency to create bundles with hardware rules drives commodity products and designs where the innovation is largely in cost containment.
difficulty dominant high ibm looks similar stand switch tendency waiting
This looks a lot like 15 years ago, when IBM was dominant and similar surveys showed a high tendency to switch from IBM to another vendor. The difficulty is that we're still waiting for the right kind of vendor to stand up and come forward.
call describing foundation media personal problem technical trying
I think it's the foundation of something really big. But there will be a problem in trying to find a way in describing this without all the technical jargon. I call it a personal media portal.
ideas potential transform
It is one of the more interesting ideas that has come up of late. And one that I think has the potential to really transform the way we play with the Web.
anyone behind disney doubt easily forget king maker power
I see him more as a king maker at Disney than a king. However, he could easily become the power behind the throne, and I doubt he will let anyone forget that.
disney king maker
I see him more as a king maker at Disney than a king.
advanced competition entered looks microsoft product search
Microsoft has entered as a full-fledged competitor. The (Windows Live) search product looks to be more advanced by a generation, and we're going to have a leapfrog competition as the two firms try to out do each other.
groove light microsoft time turn
Microsoft has always been light on the collaborative side, ... It's about time they show what Groove is going to turn into at Microsoft.
analogue car design impact market share side
The analogue on the car side is probably Porsche. Because its design is so important to users, it has a lot more impact on the market than its market share would indicate.
broadband capacity reason
It expands the capacity of USB so that you can use broadband devices, which was the whole reason for 1394 to exist.
appear device devices instead single
It doesn't appear to be particularly well-integrated. It's not elegant. Ideally, you'd have one single device instead of two devices bundled together.
apple area bay companies giving major money personal printers run setting tech visual
There are a lot of tech companies in the Bay Area that are setting the pace. Apple is on a major upswing and Hewlett-Packard is doing well in printers and visual technologies, and giving Dell a run for its money in personal computers.
acceptable enable experience web
This will enable the neighborhoods where it is installed to experience next-generation Web applications and programming at acceptable speeds.
copy issues mac microsoft offer office
Typically Microsoft issues the Office copy for the Mac after they offer it for the PC. It always lags by about a year.