I think this is going to be a loss for Apple.
Steve is the one thing no other company can duplicate. He's the special sauce at Apple.
It seems like a computer that could finally go into the living room.
Ultimately, for them to sustain their growth and be successful in the long term, they're going to have to move in new directions and tackle some new product lines that they don't have and haven't historically done. That's going to take significant investment.
There's a whole lot of reasons why people choose Windows or a Mac. It's not as if one getting delayed slightly is suddenly going to cause you to switch platforms.
What Intel hopes it will do is attract consumers and commercial buyers back to a more expensive PC, so they can sell their higher-end processors.
That's the safe choice, because that's what you already know and that's what you've got,
The accessory market, I don't see them going into that in a widespread basis with lots and lots of products. They are going to cherry pick where they think they can bring a truly differentiated product.
The appeal is the portability, the time shifting aspect and the added capability to listen to both the Sirius content and their MP3 collections,
It's hard to say what he might do; it could be anything,
