Apple vs. Sony
from the how-should-stuff-work? dept
An interesting positioning of the battle between Sony and Apple for the home entertainment system of the future. Apple wants such a system to have a computer (a Mac, obviously) as the hub. Sony, on the other hand sees a more "peer to peer" environment where each device is separate, but can communicate with any other device. The author suggests that a combined approach may be the best. Each company's approach certainly makes sense, considering where its revenue comes from. I can see advantages and disadvantages to each approach. Overall, I think that Apple's strategy probably makes the most sense - but they're limited in relying on the Mac as their central device.
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I thought by now I'd gotten rid of my "anti-mac" image.
That post is not even remotely anti-mac. Here's the simple point: Less than 5% of computer owners own a mac. Thus, Apple has - in many ways - limited their home entertainment systems to that 5% of the market.
That was not a comment on the quality of the Mac. If you actually read Techdirt on a regular basis you would have seen me yelling at anyone who choses one platform over the other and telling them that "whatever works, works".
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in other words: cheers, your reward for publishing a great tech/biz log is an ever-increasing number of moron readers. congrats, btw.
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And yes, I read this page regularly (I find a reasonable article or two on occasion so I keep coming back) and have noted that even though you try not to be anti-apple, you can't seem to get through any write up about mac's which doesn't end with the tone of 'but it's a mac'. Work harder to remove the anti-mac stain please.
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If someone wants a new home entertainment system that is going to be based aroudn their computer, I don't expect them to go out and buy a new $2,000 (or even $1,000 machine) just to be the center of it. They want to build one what they already have...
I have absolutely nothing against Apple. I'm just saying that most people I know who have a PC now, wouldn't suddenly run out and buy a Mac just to set up some home entertainment hub when they could just as easily build it out of cheaper components from Sony - or based on their current PC.
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advantage: Sony
This is from a man who owns two macs and zero PCs.
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As far as the digital hub idea goes...I think it's a non-starter. The things we have today will slowly meld into a single device so gently that we'll never know what hit us. Who will make these devices? I'd be on your current group of receiver and set-top makers as most likely, followed by innvoators like Moxi and Apple. It's hard to break into the consumer electronics game, even if you already make computers...
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think more along the lines of buying food and hoping to make your mortgage.. these toys are just a vestige of DOW 12000 and NAZ 5000. 1% of people will afford, the masses wont
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How to appear less anti-mac
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