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kaseyha
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2005-01-28, 15:43

The current situation with the PowerBook line is a classic example why Apple cannot afford to have competition from a clone market. This type of delay would kill them if there were still clones. Because they insist on producing hardware that is as close to perfect as possible, their development timelines are much longer than other manufacturers.

Their niche in the market is about hardware design and innovation. They make money with the hardware. When the hardware becomes commoditized and other companies start producing cheaper, uglier, but useable (because of the software) products Apple can no longer count on their hardware to keep the company afloat. At this point they have to become a software company, which is totally against their current business model and would be a very difficult, if not impossible transition.

IMHO
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