John C. Dvorak: Company

John C. Dvorak is US journalist and radio broadcaster. Explore interesting quotes on company.

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“Apple mentions the Mac less and less at its big events. The company knows that the machine is a drain on resources that detracts from its new core business … Mac will be phased out and the whole line will be replaced by iPads.”

John C. Dvorak

Apple Is Ready to Ditch the Mac http://pcmag.com/commentary/357782/apple-is-ready-to-ditch-the-mac in PC Magazine (7 December 2017) 2010s

“I consider this situation to be dire for Apple. When the iPhone 5 arrives shortly, it will be crunch time for the company. … It may be the last important iPhone.”

John C. Dvorak

Why Apple Actually Lost to Samsung http://pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409010,00.asp in PC Magazine (28 August 2012) 2010s

“The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as in “why would I want this?” The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a “mouse”. There is no evidence that people want to use these things.”

John C. Dvorak

In a review of the Macintosh in The San Francisco Examiner (19 February 1984)
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“The Apple iPad is not going to be the company's next runaway best seller. Not if the industry can help it. … with the iPad, Apple may have irked its somewhat new partner Intel Corp. Intel gets spanked by nobody.”

John C. Dvorak

"The iPad faces industry backlash" in The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch (12 February 2010) http://marketwatch.com/story/apples-ipad-faces-industry-backlash-2010-02-12 2010s

“If Apple has a flaw, it's the inability of the company to crush competition using the kind of aggressive tactics that companies like Microsoft and Intel have always applied.”

John C. Dvorak

"Apple's Swan Song" in PC Magazine (14 January 2013) http://pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414266,00.asp 2010s

“The computer division of Apple will eventually become a genuine albatross around the company's neck. So it's better off as a standalone company focused on computers.”

John C. Dvorak

Apple Should Spin Off the Macintosh - Making a separate company for MacOS PCs is smart for all involved http://pcmag.com/commentary/345453/apple-should-spin-off-the-macintosh in PC Magazine (22 June 2016) 2010s