Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
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I don't think Microsoft plans on ceding this market to Apple or anyone else at this point in time. What that means in terms of tactical solutions, it's too early to tell. They're probably considering any number of different options.
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In general, the older your hardware, the more likely there are going to be no drivers, and there might be BIOS problems,
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This is a very good deal for the two companies.
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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,
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The mere notion that a Palm device could be built around anything but the Palm OS means that the market is shifting and that anything is possible.
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The core trend is we're seeing high-speed wireless access integrated directly into the devices rather than requiring an add-on card.
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Importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable to consumers, who don't need an IT department at home to make this stuff work.
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The browser has taken on the status of mission critical. You're not going to see many enterprises adopt this (Mozilla) when there is such a sense of gravity around IE,
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Enterprises must understand that TCO (total cost of ownership) reduction is not a justification for a Windows 2000 desktop migration. Because of the high cost of migration, enterprises can actually lose money before they touch the first system.
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It will be interesting to see a couple of years down the road if we'll hear people grumbling that maybe all videos should be sold the same, maybe we're giving it too cheap.
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There's a lot riding on Vista. Vista must be successful if they want to be an important player in the digital home.
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It's a bigger deal in name than in substance, ... Microsoft added some bells and whistles, but it's not a dramatic release. Unless you have a pressing need for one of the specific features that were added, it's not a product that most users will want to upgrade to.
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It represents a big win for Apple and the Mac platform. But Apple doesn't represent a threat to AOL's business. Apple isn't a media company; it's not in online services. It's not the same threat as when Microsoft wanted interoperability.
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It solves a lot of potential hold-ups for Macintosh adoption. Mainstream users who are looking to buy a computer are going to take a second look at Mac.