Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
again broad build commodity cool cost create deal design designs dictates drives hardware hoping increasing incredible innovation intel interface largely limits microsoft products reasons rules tendency user
One of the things I'm hoping will come out of the Apple-Intel deal is a broad realization that incredible design is once again possible. Over the years the hardware OEMs have consistently used Intel and Microsoft as reasons they can't build really cool products. Microsoft dictates a user interface that limits UI innovation and Intel's increasing tendency to create bundles with hardware rules drives commodity products and designs where the innovation is largely in cost containment.
difficulty dominant high ibm looks similar stand switch tendency waiting
This looks a lot like 15 years ago, when IBM was dominant and similar surveys showed a high tendency to switch from IBM to another vendor. The difficulty is that we're still waiting for the right kind of vendor to stand up and come forward.
apple degree grow hardware market mean question sell share whether windows
The big unanswered question in the market is whether Apple hardware could successfully sell with Windows on it, and by successful, I mean be competitive to a degree that it could grow Apple's hardware share massively.
kept promises strategy
They kept making promises they couldn't keep, and their strategy was all over the map.
consumer damage largely market
The consumer market is largely a fourth-quarter market nowadays, and this will severely damage the market. There is no way around it.
capability
The capability is there to make it look like an Aqua clone. This is going to be a very Apple-like launch.
hit hot
The Celeron's pretty hot, and makes for some hot little boxes, now that it's hit 500. It toasts pretty much any Pentium-II out there.
bit certain company loses quite reaches
It's been languishing quite a bit and is reminiscent of the old IBM. As a company reaches a certain size, it loses its edge.
base cannon customer fodder forgive late turning
It's better late than never. But their customer base is not going to forgive them for RIM turning them into cannon fodder during the process.
amount believe change honestly minds providing terms
That's a significant amount of money. I honestly believe that's going to change a lot of minds in terms of providing programming for this medium.
bring consumer entire job regard strengths strong
They bring different strengths to the table. Compaq has done a better job in regard to engineering an entire line. On the other hand, HP has been strong in consumer products.
bring consumer entire job regard strengths strong
They bring different strengths to the table, ... Compaq has done a better job in regard to engineering an entire line. On the other hand, HP has been strong in consumer products.
company gave near needs nowhere property strategy waiting work
They were a company waiting to die, ... They've done some work to make the property more attractive. The portal strategy is what gave them a future. It's nowhere near where it needs to be, but at least they've got one.
apple buy consumers created fourth market opportunity
We already know when consumers don't buy in the fourth quarter, they don't come back in the first quarter. This has created a market opportunity that is unprecedented for Apple if they can execute.