![]() ![]() While the Macintosh proved to be revolutionary, time and competition had not been kind to Apple. Now, over twenty years later, Apple has to save the Mac again. Apple’s board of directors, largely the same from the Steve Jobs era, had to figure out how to save the company. – Steve Jobs, WWDC 2005Īpple was in its roughest position ever the company was months away from bankruptcy. We are going to begin the transition from PowerPC to Intel processors. And so it’s time for a third transition, and yes, it’s true. We constantly want to be making the best computers for you, and the rest of our users. Today, it’s time to begin the third transition. ![]() OS X is the most advanced operating system on the planet, and it has set Apple up for the next twenty years. Even though these operating systems vary in name only by one, they are worlds apart in their technology. And that’s the transition from OS 9 to OS X that we just finished a few years ago the early part of this decade. The second major transition though has been even bigger. And the PowerPC set Apple up for the next decade it was a good move. I wasn’t here then but the team did a great job from everything I hear. That transition happened about ten years ago in the mid 90’s. The Mac, in its history, has had two major transitions so far. It’s worth remembering Steve Job’s address from WWDC 2005. But after Steve Jobs got removed from the company, it entered a downward spiral, losing significant market share to competition from IBM, Microsoft, and other PC manufacturers. ![]() When Apple released the Macintosh in 1984, it changed the entire computing industry. ![]()
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