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The Time When Steve Jobs Wanted Dell to Install Mac OS on PCs

Steve Jobs was a revolutionary in his industry. He was adamant about quality and never compromised on his consumer’s reliability on Apple’s computers. Be it the iPhone or MacBooks, no one would deny the superiority of the products over the competitors. Apple is undoubtedly an outcome of Steve Job’s immense efforts and sacrifices that he made in his family and friend circle. He passed away a year ago in this month. Precisely, 5th October 2011. This is the first decade without Steve Jobs and so, I present to you a very unique yet short- lived crossover of two big computer giants- Dell and Apple. 

In a nostalgic conversation with CNET, Dell CEO Michael Dell revealed that at one time, Steve Jobs wanted the company to license Mac OS and run it on Intel-based PCs. Had that materialised, it could have changed the PC industry as we know it. According to Dell’s narration, the late Apple co-founder first approached him for a partnership after establishing NeXT following his exit from Apple. Jobs claimed that the NeXT OS was superior to Windows and wanted Dell to use it on his company’s PCs. Dell refused, citing valid reasons that there were no applications for it and there was “zero customer interest.”

After rejoining Apple, Jobs reportedly tried pitching Mac OS to Dell in another licensing deal. Jobs persuaded Dell saying that PC buyers could choose between Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.

Dell was convinced and offered to pay Jobs a licensing fee for every Dell computer sold with Mac OS. However, Jobs was worried that this would chew into the Mac’s market share because Dell PCs were cheaper. Jobs actually wanted Dell to load Mac OS alongside Windows on every computer sold. However, this would have cost Dell hundreds of millions in royalties.

Dell smiles when he tells the story. “The royalty he was talking about would amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, and the math just didn’t work, because most of our customers, especially larger business customers, didn’t really want the Mac operating system,” 

Get the detailed case study here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVDJ-fYNSQd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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What Is Skimpflation?

Skimpflation can be defined as a drop in the quality of services as businesses struggle to cope up with a labor shortage and rising material costs. Take the following case study for example.

Imagine owning a restaurant. The overall costs are rising but people are not visiting the place as frequently as they used to and further, due to Covid-19. Some of these costs can be passed to the consumers but not all.

What if the staff wages are on the rise, or the laundromat is charging heavily for washing your table cloths?

As it is hard to pass these costs onto the consumers, you start cutting down inputs. You might choose to run the restaurant by five waiters instead of six, or let go of an extra cook.

This is exactly what SKIMPFLATION is! For a more detailed explanation, visit this link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLQaLWoMXf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

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