Apple Flubbed MobileMe, But the Mac Is Making Inroads Into Enterprise Market

Looking forward to September!

I think Apple should seriously rethink the name, too many users out there are reliving nightmares of the old WindowsMe. As I recall, it didn't work out too well for Microsoft either. =)

The most expensive iMac (24" Monitor, 3GHz Core 2 Duo, w/2GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive) is only $2,199, not the absurd $3,000 figure this so called Apple expert was spouting off. Get your facts straight. It makes you look like an idiot.

finally! a pro-apple discussion by Henry Blodget!!! it's seems like it's been, oh i dunno 3 hours or so... techticker should just cover Apple and Yahoo! 24 x 7. this appears to be their sweet spot.

honestly, i don't think blodget 'gets' the enterprise space... i don't think as many companies as he thinks are opening up it procurement to macs... while people may use a lot of browser stuff, and yes, macs can run Office, but there are still a tonne of apps that comapnies deploy that they'd now have to support on both platforms and that woudl be a nightmare... that said, i think henry's sitting on a portfolio consisting of Apple and apple only, so i don't see him ever confronting the reality in the enterprise space...

so funny. the person being interviewed basically says, "Henry - the enterprise space isn't the sweet spot that apple is going after - it's the high end consumer looking to use web apps that wants a fancy hip device". Henry's follow-up, "good point, so they're likely to enter the enterprise space any day now in a big way and win the enterprise". do you not listen Hank? why interview people if you'll simply take the conversation where you want to take it... regardless of what your guests have to say? BRING BACK AARON TASK!

Mac growth has been amazing the past couple of years. People are finally coming to realize the benefits of owning a Mac. If you need to run Windows on it you can. Macs are the best bet for your money. Mac OS X, Window, and Linux one one machine! A useful site for anyone thinking about buying their first Mac is switchtoamac.com

You are wrong about the Mac Mini. It is a great option for the enterprise as a general purpose business solution. You have to remember that not only do Macs require less maintenance, but they tend to stay in service much longer than PCs. So that extra year or two of service more than pays for a small price differential. Not to mention money saved on less service. Buy it with the memory you need. This type of computer does not need any upgrades. This is not what you want for video processing, only for general office work. Heck - my 10 year old G3 is still serviceable for that kind of work.

Can anybody tell me if they've experienced problems w/ the new imac? I think i have recieved a lemon and apples wonderful customer support will not do anything for me because it's been a little over a yr. The problem i am having is I have diagonal lines on the monitor. I have owned other monitors for 8 yrs or more and never had this problem.

I'm sick of hearing about apple! This can only end badly for this hysteria driven stock.

Diver Down, The only problem with your post is that HP and Dell both sell similarly equipped products for about $500.00 LESS.

As an alternative to talking heads, read some blogs that make some sense of the issues at a real analytical level, such as the one below: http://lairigmarketing.typepad.com/lairig_marketing/2008/06/can-apple-do-bu.html

When is the new apple store in Little Rock's start up date? Is it still scheduled? Any information will be appreciated. Arkansas needs a Mac store. This old dinosaur can hardly wait.

If you want to see how the Mac is going to break into the enterprise market take a look at VMWare's Fusion product. You can run the Windows OS (or any other OS for that matter) inside a virtual machine that will behave exactly like a Windows PC (like the Parallels add-on). However, VMWare's twist is that you can run a seemless Windows application on your Mac desktop just like it was installed on your Mac, the benefit being that the Windows application (ie Office) will run in its native environment but will appear to you to be a seemless window not bound to but independent from your Windows virtual machine. This to me points the way toward Mac entering the enterprise, but the costs associated with licensing all the software would have to be significant, enough to deter most corporations from deploying it (imho). I would welcome the views from users running Parallels and how they see it comparing to VMWare's product.

Hank does not listen.

Right on ussinvest! MobileMe is a stupid name, reminicent of WindowsMe, which was a bad product with... a stupid name. As a longtime subscriber of .Mac, I'm not sure I want to continue with "Anytproduct_Me". I'm just not that narcissistic, and I am offended by those who are.

Apple is heading to the top. There going to have 20% of the personal computer market in another year/yr 1/2. Buy it. They know how to grab customers early in life, thats what I notice. Macs in plenty of schools and even some colleges like Full Sail require and is included in the tuition, a $2700 macbook pro! About 2 million dollars a month in laptops just for that school.

It's not just "design", it's about quality, well manufactured products and a superior operating system geared toward ALL users NOT just the developer. Hey, no one does everything perfect all of the time. But one thing is sure, Dell products are substandard, at ANY price, HP's are not much better. And since they don't have a decent OS, well, what do they offer but "cheap"? "Hey, I've got an old Yugo I'll sell you cheap." If they want to know how to build products they need look no further than the IBM Thinkpad (Lenova), except for that silly eraser head thing. But a well built machine. Now, if it could just run Mac OS.

The comments that there are a ton off apps that only run on a PC forget that the Intel Macs can be partioned to run both Mac OS and Windows OS. Therefore the advantage clearly goes to Mac and look at whose buying them. Younger generation is flocking to MAC. PC is not dead but they have an uphill battle thanks to Vista.

i'd rather have an apple IIe than a brand new windows PC...