It's official!

[Ashley Aitken]

There you go Shawn!  As I mentioned, I thought that was a clear  
declaration by Steve that Apple is a software company, but many  
(including you) still see it otherwise.

I agree the iPod is a complete solution (iTMS, iTunes, iPod) but I  
don't believe that analogy stretches as far as Apple's computers.

On 01/06/2007, at 11:02 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:

> On 6/1/07, Ashley Aitken <mrhatken at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> I think the reality is that the hardware is the dongle for Apple's
>> software.
>
> It is mostly Apple using software and industrial design to enable
> generally commodity hardware to do things for customers in simpler and
> more powerful ways. It is far far more then a "dongle".

I believe OSX on some of the better Sony Vaio laptops would be as  
good an experience (if not better in some ways, e.g. battery life,  
small form factors) than on Apple hardware.

I agree Apple still has the edge in "industrial design" (viz my  
relationship with my PowerBook is almost romantic) but as Steve said,  
its primarily about the software (OSX and apps).

Cheers,
Ashley.

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Ashley Aitken
Perth, Western Australia
mrhatken at mac dot com
Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!)