Is the iPad the beginning of the end for Mac?
It has recently come to light that Apple Mac’s biggest rival may not in fact be Windows, as has been the speculation for 
close on 26 years now – but in fact it has been revealed that Apple itself may be the cause of the downfall of Mac as a personal computer platform.
As the SmartPhone, and in particular, iPhone continues its domination of the markets, so is Apple upgrading its innovation techniques, pushing new and improved features onto the consumer public at large – at rapid rates.
In lieu of this, the iPhone’s Operating System, iPad is fast taken hold of the market at large, and quickly nullifying Mac as a means to computer effectively.
According to Apple’s COO, Tim Cook, “Apple is a ‘mobile devices company,’ and that more devices will get the iPhone OS.”. One can clearly see by this particular statement that Apple is intending on placing most, if not all of its attention on going the mobile OS route – thus phasing out the personal platform computer, no doubt.
The difference between Mac and iPad is clearly defined in the fact that Mac is an ‘open platform’, whereas iPad is a ‘closed’ one.
As is specified by Apple itself, “Anyone can write and distribute PC or Mac software or compatible gadgets, without having to have them verified or approved. That’s created an incredible pace of innovation, though it has its downsides, too, such as the incredible pace of malware innovation.”
It does bring to mind the thought that what if Apple does phase out open platforms? With such a “benign dictatorship” in operation, how will individuals be able to control their personal computers?
The fact that Apple does not take friendly to JavaScript engines, peer-to-peer apps and so forth, this will ultimately place a huge limitation on the individuals’ control over their own computer, which in my opinion is not a route I would like to go.
As is reiterated by a popular researcher, Sascha Segan, he states: “absolute power tends to corrupt, and having a single gatekeeper with no checks or balances is almost never a good thing. Obviously, the iPhone ecosystem has flourished under Apple’s benign dictatorship. But the whole ecosystem is reliant on that dictatorship remaining benign.”
I could not agree with him more. One will not be able to freely roam social websites, and these platforms, should Apple begin its integration of closed platforms.
Although this move from open platforms to closed platforms is mere speculation as this point, it does bring up many questions and though about the validity of such a move, and whether it is in the best interests of Apples’ loyal consumers – or whether it remains in the best interests of Apples’ designers.
Food for thought I would say!
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