Microsoft has been able to keep this product secret for a year. For Microsoft, that's absolutely incredible. |
Microsoft has been in a position where they've been licensing the technology, but it hasn't taken off. They have the steak but not the sizzle. |
Microsoft has taken a lot of effort developing the phone first. |
Microsoft withstood an awful lot. First it was the Web, Internet applications [and] Netscape, then cell phones and Linux, and now it's Web 2.0. We've come full circle. Microsoft has already proven they can weather the storm, so you have to assume they're going to play in this game. |
More importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable by consumers so you don't have to have a whole IT department in your house to make this stuff work. |
No doubt, I'm sure, the senior executives at Microsoft were pretty upset (with the latest Vista delay). Steven has a track record of shipping products (and he can) potentially take the reins and get the thing out the door and fix whatever process problems there are. |
Not until TVs become far more connected than they are now will this become big. It's right now still going to be far more for the enthusiast, |
Not until TVs become far more connected than they are now will this become big. It's right now still going to be far more for the enthusiast, ... You look at the topics and right off the bat, that should tell you [who the show is aimed at]. |
Often consumers don't have an easy way to get the pictures off the camera. So they use them as wallpaper and screensavers instead of printing them, ... It shows how consumers are changing the way they are interacting with digital technology. Consumers are realizing that there's many ways they can interact with their pictures other than just printing them out and pasting them into an album. |
Often consumers don't have an easy way to get the pictures off the camera. So they use them as wallpaper and screensavers instead of printing them. It shows how consumers are changing the way they are interacting with digital technology. Consumers are realizing that there's many ways they can interact with their pictures other than just printing them out and pasting them into an album. |
One of the reasons we saw the iMac targeted first is because it is the line that is going to be least impacted by the pro apps. |
Over the next few months we will see devices with any combination of features, such as digital cameras and MP3 players, |
Overall, a nice tactical move by Apple that will make their platforms and systems much more attractive. |
People have tried to sell alternative operating PCs for any number of years. Everyone else who's tried that has not gotten any market penetration -- with the exception of Apple. But even Apple is a distant second. |
People typically buy according to need. If you're buying one of these [PowerPC] machines, it's not like it is obsolete. If you bought a Power Mac today, it probably won't be obsolete for the lifetime of that machine. By the time that machine reaches the end of its usefulness, you'll be ready to move onto something else. |