[Ipg-smz] Desktop 2025 - excellent analysis, but I differ on one conclusion

[Phil Shapiro]

I agree with a lot of sjvn 's prediction in his recent ComputerWorld piece, but I have a difference about MacOS still flourishing in 2025. 

The way I read the tea leaves, MacOS will exit stage right before then. Gone, gone, gone. Apple is no longer a computer company. 
They changed their name 10 years ago from Apple Computer to Apple. That, dear friends, was a foreshadowing. 

Their future focus will be on electric cars and other new tech we can't imagine yet (but they can). 

MacOS might continue to live in the cloud, as a service, along the lines of Macincloud .com 

And your $10,000 iMac Pro? You can try selling it on eBay for $750, but you might not get that much for it. 

phil 

Consider this, too. Why would Apple cede the video editing market to Adobe, when they came out with Final Cut Pro X? Because they wanted to wean 
their pro clients off their own platform -- to make it less jarring when they pull the plug. 

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