endimion said:
people are focussing on the hardware for surface windows phones etc... but the real issue and big player here is win 8 and how well it will perform and be received by the public.... if people dig it... well then it won't be this decade either that apple becomes the OS leader... because bottom line all together MS still has 10 times or more product running their OS in one form or an other and I'm not talking about office on top.... people who think apple is even close to turn the table have been smoking big time.... ipads and iphone market is miserable compare to all the sectors MS touches.... |
I'm thinking you don't really believe that and just said it for the sake of argument.
The reason why Apple's been selling so many tablets and smartphones is because like it or not, they are the future.
The desktop PC will likely always have a niche market for everything from workstation productivity apps, scientific applications, computational heavy work loads, etc. but the days when the average user needed to use a desktop PC to do e-mail, look up something on the internet, process digital photos, manage musical or video files, word process, spreadsheets, etc. etc. etc. is long over.
Laptops replaced desktops for the average user as they advanced in power, ultrabooks have become the rapid growth segment within the laptop business and currently, tablets are fast becoming the most used computing devices among people who own them.
Realize that most people who remain tethered to desktop PCs are those who need them (a shrinking market), even if it's for something as mundane as playing video games on three displays. Hundreds of millions of people just use consoles for games making PC gaming an issue of preference, not necessity.
And if you agree with all that and believe that "all sectors MS touches" instantly becomes theirs simply because they're Microsoft, realize that they have not been able to make even a dent in the smartphone market with Windows 7 Mobile and that you are essentially hedging your bets that Windows 8 will become the default mobile platform over Android and iOS by merit of being related to the OS running on most laptops and desktops.
And if you were just talking about MS in terms of size of company, it's common knowledge that Apple, not Microsoft is the larger company in terms of market capitalization.
Below numbers in billions US $
| 1 |  |
Apple | Electronics | $541.07 |
| 2 | |
Exxon Mobil | Oil and gas | $381.02 |
| 3 | |
Microsoft | Information technology | $248.79 |
