Hm, aside from all that business and financial mumbo jumbo, isn't this just proving that Apple has a real opportunity with its own hardware? Also, aren't we ignoring what Jobs and Apple have been doing for the last 8 years? Jobs isn't going to toss out the whole widget mantra he's repeated his entire life because other people want to be in his position. The only time he succumbed to this strategy is when his hardware flat-out failed. Given the success of the iPod, and the opportunity to do something similar with the Mac (however unlikely), does anyone really think that Apple is enticed by these guys who want a piece of their pie?
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