Our dear writer suggests that Apple fanboys will
abandon Google to jump to Apple in a heartbeat...and
they might....at least to try it out. But, if it
doesn't deliver those fanboys will jump right back to
Google. In watching Apple fan boys it's my impression
that they are fans of Apple only because of what
Apple's products have done for them...in other words,
Apple earned their loyalty the old-fashioned way and,
as a result of experience, they're predisposed
towards Apple. However, it's like a lot like genetics
... a predisposition does not equate to a compulsion
...if an Apple search product didn't at least match
Google's product then they'd move back in a
heartbeat.
To repeat...the vast majority of Apple's fans are
fans because of what their products do for them...if
a particular Apple product doesn't float their boat,
they'll move on. Hence the Cube, Newton, and the
small handful of other Apple products that didn't
have the success of so many other Apple products.
I, for one, don't see Apple in search and I don't see
an Apple Tablet...at least not one with the feature
set we've become accustomed to from Tablets and I'm
not smart enough to see what the killer feature would
be. But...I've been wrong before.
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