Wednesday, February 28 2007 @ 01:43 PM EST Contributed by: sde
Gundeep Hora writes "I don’t have anything against Apple or its wonderful Mac OS X. It’s a fine piece of creation from all imaginable angles - intuitive GUI, lack of malware, ease of use, robustness, and stability. What more could you ask for from an OS? In reality, OS X is what Windows can never be. But I fear, will Apple pull the plug on OS X in the future?"
It certainly won’t happen anytime soon, but as Apple moves further away from its core product to a lineup of consumer electronics (CE), why would Apple need to continue to develop the OS X? Sure, Apple is popular these days, but the thanks go out to the iPod. Apple is back in news again with its highly anticipated iPhone. Where does that leave the operating system? Apple’s entry into the world of consumer electronics is clearly evident by its decision to change its name from Apple Computer to Apple, Inc. Is this a sign of bad omen? I believe so.
Although Apple is all about selling the experience, why would it continue to develop and support a product that only a small percentage of the computing population uses? iPod made a serious dent in Apple’s bottom line, and surely that’s not the end of the iPod quite yet. The same applies to the iPhone. You know iPhone will make its mark and capture the mobile phone market, regardless of the insanely high price. It’s as though Apple can’t fail with its CE devices.
