It seems what was left of Microsoft’s diminishing lead in market capitalisation has finally been eaten up by Apple (or at least by one measure of market capitalization). While this probably will not come as a surprise to those who are interested in such things; when looking at the history of both companies it does mark an important milestone.
With both companies founded in 1975 this has been no short journey for either. However since that time Microsoft has maintained its dominance pretty much consistently, and it has only really been in the last 10 years (which has seen the release of such iconic Apple products as the iPod, iPhone and the Macbook) that Apple providing a challenge to Microsoft’s market supremacy.
Through out the ’00′s Apple created several iconic, genre leading products with which Microsoft have seemed to struggled to compete . Business products aside, we would challenge you to offer a Microsoft product in the last 5 years that rivals Apples innovation. One possible exception worth considering is the Xbox 360, which was ground breaking in terms of online connectivity when released in 2005. That said Apple have yet to enter the console gaming market!
More information and figures can be found in the following articles: Engadget, Financial Times, TGDaily
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A little while ago we posted a few OS X keyboard shortcuts here. Thought it might be worth popping one or two more on that we’ve been using daily.
