Nah, Macs are just the epicenter of the computer world, what Apple does,
everyone else follows. And that's been true for a little over 30 years.
You seem more delusional with each new post. The reality is nobody
follows Apple. They have been playing catch up from almost the
beginning and have got nowhere fast.
Steve Jobs has always been and remains a maverick. He made a classic
business model mistake that has stiffled Apple's growth and still does
today. Jobs being one of the all time greedy and most arrogant SOB's
in world history had some initial success foolishly decided early on
to go with a closed architecture supposedly to hog all the profits.
This meant no other company could offer any expansion cards, even hard
drives or monitors, not even keyboards. Everything had to be Apple and
so it remained for years.
Meanwhile, IBM had a team headed by Don Estridge at Boca Raton Fl
quickly design a "personal" computer. Being very experienced and use
to working for a giant corporation he quickly decided the only way to
go was to use tested vendor technology that was already mostly
standardized and most important; base IBM's personal computer on open
architecture.
Newsweek magazine quickly called the IBM PC "a roaring success," and
the New York Times said, "The speed and extent to which IBM has been
successful has surprised many people, including IBM itself."
The time was 1981 just a few years after Apple's introduction of a
personal computer and quickly lost most of what little market it had,
IBM quickly gaining over 70% of the PC market which quickly expanded
due to some clever advertsing including unhead of before tv
commericals to pitch computers to Joe Average.
That was just the beginning. Because IBM used open architecture
several new companies sprang up overnight all offering IBM PC clones.
This of course drove the market and many new intovations quickly
followed. Shortly after there were over a 100 companies offering
personal computers. Two remain today, Dell and Gateway. Other major
players over the years have also joined the race, many others got
their foot in the door but didn't stick around long and for reasons
never really explained IBM in spite of their initial success never
really got serious about developing their PC line, one top executive
admitting they thought the personal computer was just a passing fad.
That probably is one of the biggest blunders in modern business
history considering how the personal computer market has grown where
today most households have at least one PC, many two or three which
PC's now found in nearly every country in the world.
So sorry, your view of history regarding personal computers is very
distorted. Nearly overnight since IBM jumped into the picture PC
clones have had almost 95% of the market and Apple has never recovered
from the early glory days that only last a few years.
Mac freaks are a special bunch. Loyal for sure, also fatanical, but
they are also a tiny minority and will so remain. Its a Windows world,
so sorry to burst your bubble Bubba.
