[thasmin]

This article was written in 2001. It wasn't until 2005 and the iTunes Music Store that Apple growth began to explode. The iPhone was Apple's first product the can be supported at a store that was a smash hit and that was release in 2007. It's easy to say that an article written in 2001 was inaccurate, but it's hard to say that the analysis was wrong.

[rubinelli]

It's more than that. Apple announced the first iPod months after this article was published. One could even say that his analysis that Apple needed to expand into other markets to grow was correct -- Mac OS market share hasn't changed much in the last decade -- but Apple executed much better than most expected, taking the high-end of consumer electronics instead of duking it out with PC makers for the mid and low-level computer market.