Apple Ware

Apple computers have always been my favorite. I first learned my computer basics on an Apple. Even though I was impressed and actually fell in love, I have never owned my own Apple computer. If things stay the way they are today then I probably never will own one.

Apple computers are considered by many to be the “high end” machines of the computer world. The thing that gets me is the high prices. I want to be able to get as much power as I can with as little investment, because we all know that in three or four years the technology will be obsolete anyway.

There has to be a way for the technology industry to offer high end value at reasonable costs. With the economy showing signs of a continued downward trend, if they don’t offer better prices and great deals then they won’t be able to make the sales.

It is important for Apple to learn from its competition (competition only in the sense that there are other computers in the market place). Lower prices don’t have to mean compromise in integrity. It could just mean higher profits due to increases sales.

It is time for Apple to create a computer that is perfect for the average Joes out there with less disposable income and more computer needs!

One of the greatest things about Apple products is that they are unique in design and function. The first Apple desk top that I worked on was in college and I instantly fell in love with the software. Imagine my shock a few years later when the IBM compatible computer at work was running a similar program. It seems that everyone wants to copy Apple.

This could be a good thing. Some times being the best means letting people copy what you are doing but continuing to produce the best of the best - if that makes sense. I always flash back to the Beta vs. VCR match up where the best machine lost because it was so hard to find videos (or even a choice in machines). In some ways, I think that Apple is running into a similar situation.

It is, by far, the best machine out there. It is also the minority. Unless you are in design, then you are probably running an IBM compatible machine (only now I guess they are considered Microsoft compatible). Apple has been working hard to push its products over into the mainstream use, but until there are a variety of machines that are Apple compatible it will probably not be able to make it.