{"id":28102,"date":"2017-02-06T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=28102"},"modified":"2017-02-05T17:51:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T00:51:53","slug":"newsletter-issue-897-on-the-future-of-the-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2017\/02\/newsletter-issue-897-on-the-future-of-the-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #897: On the Future of the Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At one time, it as felt that personal computers, in the twilight of the PC era, would serve the job as pickup trucks. Regular people would rely on &#8220;sedans,&#8221; tablets, to perform most computing functions. At least that&#8217;s what Steve Jobs told us. I won&#8217;t compare this to the American auto industry, where people have begun to choose trucks, SUVs and crossovers over sedans.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, iPad sales kept climbing from its introduction in 2010 through 2013. Then it hit the wall, as sales began to drop the following year, a trend that continues across the tablet market to this very day.<\/p>\n<p>PC sales mostly continue to fall. The Microsoft Surface lineup had a 2% sales decrease during the holiday quarter. Mac sales climbed to 5.4 million from 5.3 million, but some will remind us that Apple&#8217;s December quarter actually had an extra week, so if you follow week-by-week sales, there was a small drop. Choose which version you want.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2017\/02\/newsletter-issue-897\/#mac\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At one time, it as felt that personal computers, in the twilight of the PC era, would serve the job as pickup trucks. Regular people would rely on &#8220;sedans,&#8221; tablets, to perform most computing functions. At least that&#8217;s what Steve Jobs told us. 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