This weeks, Mac Break Weekly, with Leo Laprote, Alex Lindsay, and the witty Merlin Mann, they spent quite a but of the podcast talking about whether Apple has overextended itself. Merlin, or Oscar as I like to call him, made an interesting point that he feels as Apple grows they need to keep up the same level of launch perfection they have in the past. Otherwise they're just another computer company. The discussion was prompted by an article by Jason Snell at MacWorld.
For my part, especially re Mobile Me, the real issue is not the poor quality of the launch but rather the inability of Apple to live up to an expectation of what Apple has in the delivered last 3 years. A product that work as soon as you turn it on. So when they don't hit out of the park on launch the I agree with Jason Snell and Merlin Mann, there is an issue.
Alex Lindsay makes a point about Windows users moving from PC to MAc. Like eating steak after eating gruel. While this may be true will we still be saying "its good enough" after its no longer steak but a burger from Mcdonalds?