The top three personal computer brands were Apple, Radio Shark, and Atari. Of all of them, only the one founded by the Steves is still active selling PCs under the Macintosh brand. However, this could say the final goodbye to said world in the very near future and it is not something that we are saying, but the rumors on the Internet about the latest movements of those from Cupertino point to that. Is it time to say goodbye to Apple in the world of laptops?
We usually associate the word PC with a system with an x86 processor and a Microsoft operating system, however, personal computers already existed before IBM’s 5150. On the other hand, while it’s true that the mouse-controlled GUI was seen first on the Apple Lisa and then on the Macintosh, with some Xerox influence of course. Today all computers use it, so to some extent we all have a Mac.
This is how Apple will tell the PC world
In reality, we are facing a process that has been in the making for years, specifically since the first iPad was launched, which had its capabilities to say the least limited. The fact is that over time it has evolved in terms of processing capacity until it comes to share the same hardware as the Mac. What have they had to do from Cupertino to differentiate them? Well, artificially capar to the tablet.
However, the transition to iPad enough has been several generations ago and one of the things we are seeing is the fact that applications for the famous Apple tablet can now be run on their personal computers. However, this is not the point where Apple says goodbye to the PC. Rather it has to do with the fact that they are going to integrate capacitive screens into their future computers. That is, the same ones that the rest of your iThings use.
In Cupertino they compete against themselves
Well, the fact that the applications and specifically their graphical interface is designed around the input devices. That is why the way of interacting with a tablet application is different from the way in which we interact with the PC application. What happens with all this? Well, applications for the majority market end up eating the minority. What’s more, it has reached the point where both ranges cannibalize each other.
At the same time, not only does the Mac support iPad applications today, but we can already use a conventional mouse, connected via Bluetooth on the tablet. Are you seeing where this convergence is going? Although the issue would not be limited to technology, but to the fact that the Halo effect that occurred in its day in the sales of iPods and the first iPhones towards other products of the brand, is not occurring in their personal computers. and tablets, which don’t stand out in the same way as their phones or accessories like AirPods.
Laptops will be the range that will be affected
Obviously, this change would not affect ranges such as the iMac and Mac Pro, which are those of Apple’s desktop or desktop computers, but would rather affect its range of portable products, in any case, everything will be expected Let’s see what they do in the end, we would not like Apple to definitively abandon the world of laptops to focus on vitaminized and overpriced tablets.
