[imwillofficial]

Let’s do a thought experiment.

If the Mac disappeared today in a puff of smoke, would that result in less iPhones sold, a less prestigious brand, or maybe an improvement?

An additional argument is that companies rarely have one major product. Apple is big enough to execute well on several synergistic fronts.

$30b is an awesome business all on its own, and compliments, not detracts from, the iPhone brand.

Apple should be able to execute in multiple domains with a high degree of quality all at once.

[andrekandre]

  > $30b is an awesome business all on its own, and compliments, not detracts from, the iPhone brand.

yep, and just because the ratio of revenue is heavily in favor of iphone, there is no reason to subsume (subvert?) the mac ui into its paradigm... the worse ux could result in that 30bn shrinking, wherein they will just devote more resources to consolidation, again accelerating the mac's decline.... its a potential negative spiral if i ever saw one...

[imwillofficial]

Exactly!