14 DAY TRIAL // Speculation that Apple is dropping the Mac has seemingly begun to annoy Steve Jobs. Apple’s CEO has responded to an email from a blogger who also questioned this theory, boasting, “Completely wrong. Just wait.” Mr. Jobs does not only deny the possibility of Apple dropping the Mac, but he actually hints at new announcements soon to come.
Daniel Lyons, also known as the fake Steve Jobs in the Apple blogosphere, has posted an obituary for the Mac, saying that it has been “relegated to the steaming dung heap of the past,” to which Dennis Sellers from MacsimumNews said, “I hope he is wrong,” in an email sent to the real Apple CEO. Without fail, Steve Jobs replied, “Completely wrong. Just wait,” according to a screenshot of the email conversation between the blogger and Apple’s CEO posted at 9to5Mac.
Going by the response, Steve Jobs does not only refuse to confirm such a gloomy theory, but he even hints at new announcements to come, most likely hardware upgrades to the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and perhaps even the Mac Pro. These systems are on track for a revision soon, going by company watchers’ claims.
Softpedia note
Softpedia itself would like to add that R.I.P Macintosh is not even a theory, but utter speculation, and must be viewed as such. Macs are on an ascending trend, making it impossible and illogical for Apple to kick down such an important pillar of its business now. Macs would have to go through a few years of severely low adoption for its maker to even consider switching business models.
Even though Steve Jobs himself recently told the press that Apple was becoming a mobile devices company, Macs are also mobile devices (MacBook, MacBook Pro). Bottom line, even if Apple decides to go all-mobile, this will not happen while Macs are still popular, with adoption being on the rise. In fact, let’s just wait and see what figures Apple has to share with us when it plans to disclose the financial results for Q3 2010. Then, we might be able to draw a better picture of where Macs are headed.