An idea just occurred to me when will Apple be back on top. Microsoft and the PC has been reigning for decades now and it seem that Apple is beginning to push to the top. I love the PC but I have so many people tell me that Apple are so much more reliable and better. What do you think guys? What is your take on the future of computers and who will be number one?
I know, be equally biased on this forum...
And in interest to avoid a war here....
My prediction is:
Since Apple has dominated the smartphone industry, the music industry, and now possibly a cross-market of eReaders and tablets, it's possible that Mac OS X may eventually overtake Windows. Windows 7 is okay, it's not perfect (name a version of Windows that was, then again, name an OS that ever was...OS X is closer to perfect than most others anyways...just my opinion), but what's next? If Apple believes the file system should be hidden away (hello iPad!), and that sells- what's next for Windows? A freaking marketing disaster? However, it is my belief that Windows should stay on top- Apple has a real good thing going- why kill it?
It is also my belief that if computing (whether it's mobile or desktop) goes the way of iPad, which to me is a selling point, the file system should only be accessed by IT departments, and advanced users through means of root, sort of like built in jailbreaking. It may sound complex, but it could work for most people.
-and an extension to the IT access, server systems would still have to use the current method of computing- file systems, CLI, etc. to manage these user-friendly no file system (that's accessible anyway), no CLI access user interfaces. And it sounds like a great idea- if the industry follows through, which I'm doubting will happen. Still...anything can happen, anything is possible.