“Apple’s update of the iMac product line this week shows that company is still serious about trying to make money off of desktop computers. But the iMacs, which start at $1,200, aren’t exactly aimed at the mass market,” Jon Fortt blogs for Business 2.0.
MacDailyNews Note: Fortt doesn’t mention that Apple offers the Mac mini with with iLife ’08 and Intel Core 2 Duo starting at US$599.
Fortt continues, “Will Apple’s growth come from desktops? Odds are, no. Laptop sales are growing much faster, particularly among the sophisticated consumers Apple is courting. If Apple can grab market share through laptop sales in the second half of the year, it will be an encouraging sign.”
Fortt writes that Apple could “take the iPhone design, strip out the phone, add video recording capabilities, and call it an ‘iPod camcorder.’ I’d pay a few hundred for one, no question. Will Apple do it? The jury’s out on that one.”
“If the company figures out how to use a successful iPhone to sell more Macs into overseas markets, that growth question will take care of itself,” Fortt writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Joe Architect” for the heads up.]