Tim Bajarin
Tim Bajarin
Tim Bajarin is an American technology columnist and a technology consultant. His writing and analysis has been on the forefront of the digital revolution. He was one of the first analysts to cover the PC Industry and is considered one of the leading experts in the field of technology adoption cycles. He is president of a technology company called Creative Strategies, located in Campbell, California...
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There's a lot of potential for it in the upper end of the consumer segment and even the broader consumer market. For this to get the most attention, they've got to get it to a price point of under $500.
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This gives Apple a brighter future. I think the Intel chip is going to get consumers' attention.
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It's the only company that can provide a PC platform that can run Windows and the Mac. It plays well into their switch campaign. They are trying to more aggressively go after those who have been on the fence.
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It's a runaway hit, ... Apple has created by far the neatest looking, easiest to use product, which has become a status symbol.
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If you had really good content that was done well and could be seen well on a small screen, you could find a legitimate audience. The issue continues to be more of one that is struggling to figure out exactly what people will want, and what they will pay for it.
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The bargain prices you get in the sub-$1,000 PC category are exceptional. A new user is going to be much more easily swayed to the IBM world than they are to the Mac world.
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This hits retailers, and it hits PC makers that were looking toward Vista for a surge in consumer PC sales at the end of the year.
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It's not an accident. This is something Apple works at. Apple has the longest history of doing this.
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All the vendors are trying to differentiate on design. Clean industrial design has become a critical success factor.
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While he was their leader, he had an incredible team around him and has seemed to be grooming them for the time when he would step down. Although it is a loss, I think he has left Apple very capable of carrying their software vision forward and they should not really miss a beat.
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The only thing we can expect is that Apple will continue to innovate and surprise.
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While Apple has done the best job to date, not everybody is ready to just throw in with Apple. Nor are they willing to do so with Microsoft and their store or Real and their store. In some cases, they'd like to do without the middleman and sell direct to customers.
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This time, they really made the interface simpler.
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We're moving toward an Internet economy. Whether people understand it or not, we're moving to a place where as much as 50 percent of all our purchases will be done over the Internet in the next five years.