[MacTUG] iOSTUG ;-)

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

In one of those typical "when is the mac going to move from intel to ARM" articles that appear on a regular basis (http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/11/06/arm-based-macs-seen-as-inevitable-but-apple-unlikely-to-switch-anytime-soon), the rather trivial role of the Mac to Apple's bottom line was pointed out. Ouch. I knew it had gotten small but I did not think it was this small:

"the Mac represents just 14 percent to 18 percent of Apple's total revenue. In comparison, the iPhone accounts for between 45 and 50 percent of the company's revenue, and the iPad is 20 to 25 percent."

No wonder I sometimes feel like the Apple ][ dudes must have felt in the 80's   ;-)

(It would have been ironic if this email ended with 'sent from my iPhone' or 'sent from my iPad' but it was sent from my good old iMac, in this case, haha)
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