Apple's dominance is not actually about the quality or innovation, although they've got both going on. Rather, it's about the accuracy of their design. Apple nails what we always thought the future would look like.
I'm assuming you mean the ipod hegemony, and not the computer side of the business? Because I was about to lament the absence of dominance on the computer side, where its absence continues to baffle me. (I switched from Windows at the strong suggestion from friends, and when I did it was like having a permanent headache go away.)
Only on further thought, I'm not lamenting too much. If Apple did dominate the computer market, we'd probably have viruses and malware and crap too, and it's so nice not to have to fret too much about all of that.
Yeah. Ipod, and the whole iPhone thing (people sleeping outside the apple store here 2 days in advance of release), which I realize is now just what's done.
Well, sure. It's also that they've innovated quite a bit-making parts smaller and everything so that they can have a lightweight design. Ian has a 40 gig music device from about 2002-ish that's a big as an old portable CD player and about 3 times as heavy.
Ipods are ridiculously light by comparison, and the new shuffles are just crazy-smaller than matchbooks! It's the small, light parts that allow these devices to be in such common use. The design itself *is* an innovation-not just because it's pretty, but because it makes for a more user-friendly device. I think, in the end, it's that feature of an overall cool-looking futuristic design that has allowed them such dominance.
smaller, lighter parts to hit my next laptop. The 2004 12in iBook I have now feel like a piano to carry around. And there don't seem to be enough smaller, lighter laptops of sufficient power to choose from right now.
I'd love an iPhone, but AT&T is upsetting my net neutrality, so by good conscience, I can't until some other carrier takes it, or until they back off of that and enough ugly business practices in order to stop offending me.
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Date: 2007-06-29 03:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-29 12:41 pm (UTC)Only on further thought, I'm not lamenting too much. If Apple did dominate the computer market, we'd probably have viruses and malware and crap too, and it's so nice not to have to fret too much about all of that.
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Date: 2007-06-29 02:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-29 02:58 pm (UTC)Ipods are ridiculously light by comparison, and the new shuffles are just crazy-smaller than matchbooks! It's the small, light parts that allow these devices to be in such common use. The design itself *is* an innovation-not just because it's pretty, but because it makes for a more user-friendly device. I think, in the end, it's that feature of an overall cool-looking futuristic design that has allowed them such dominance.
I'm waiting for some of those
Date: 2007-06-29 04:34 pm (UTC)The 2004 12in iBook I have now feel like a piano to carry around. And there don't seem to be enough smaller, lighter laptops of sufficient power to choose from right now.
I'd love an iPhone, but AT&T is upsetting my net neutrality, so by good conscience, I can't until some other carrier takes it, or until they back off of that and enough ugly business practices in order to stop offending me.