[access-uk] Re: Affordable Accessibility, was Re: Fw: [vicsireland] Digit-Eyes Audio Labelling System Advances Independence For Visually Impaired

  • From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:42:39 +0100

Yes, time will tell who calls it right.
It will give access tech vendors time to think up a new business model though.  
 grin

Cheers

G

From glorious Devon, England.
On 25 Jun 2010, at 09:35, Tristram Llewellyn wrote:

> The Mac mini is an interesting beast in this context as they make very nice 
> desktop replacements and also can be configured as a small workgroup server 
> albeit at a price which is somewhat above its PC counterpart.  In ether 
> configuration it is about the most business friendly form factor they have.  
> The iMac would be a nightmare in business context because of the tools and 
> time you would need for example to change a hard drive on it.  That is an 
> example of what I mean about business orientation, that sort of thing is of 
> no concern to consumers who have been the primary market recently.  I cannot 
> deny Apple are picking up sales (I don't think I ever have since it has been 
> known) but there is more to it than just numerical increase.  Apple may end 
> up dominating the consumer market as people eschew Windows for Apple hardware 
> or software.  Consumers can relatively quickly drop and then adopt new 
> technologies.  Businesses by contrast are more like oil tankers and they are 
> planning
>  five or more years in advance and take far longer to change direction.  In 
> order that they actually do so I suspect that Apple themselves will have to 
> become more business friendly than they are at present.
> 
> Anyway I sense this thread has drifted so I will leave it there.
> 
> Regards.
> 
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