Tue 19 Sep 2006
Apple has moved it’s flagship Mac computer to run on the same Intel chip that PCs do. One of the outcomes of this is that the Apple iMac can now run Windows XP from bootup if you choose.
We shipped about 20 Apple iMacs last week. They were all running Windows XP. The client was a school who wanted their students to get a great experience using the school’s computer. They felt that the experience would feel better for the students if they sat down to a Mac even though the actual learning applications ran on Windows and could run on any Windows PC.
It is a nice story because it is what Apple has been teaching the personal computer industry for over 20 years - that the user experience is everything. The most important outcome LANcom should target from it’s work is that every time one of our customers gets up from working on their computer they should have had a satisfying experience.
Everything else is contributory. Apple got this years ago and it has been the cornerstone of this mavericks survival in the difficult years and prosperity in the buoyant years.