Who Can Compete
Kyle Baxter via TightWind
Let’s consider what Apple’s done. They have the best hardware, the best software, and their prices are lower than competing, lower-quality products, due to Apple’s supply chain strategy, all while their margins are larger. That’s difficult to compete with, and HP has effectively pulled out their white flag.
I try not to post links that other blogs have posted, thanks to Shawn Blanc, and when I do I really don’t like using the same pull quote, but this one was too good to pass up.
You can talk about market share numbers, number of apps, and daily activations till you are blue in the face but Apple is becoming increasingly harder to compete with. In the past price was always their Achilles heel but even that is now gone. What can other companies do to compete?
