• Apples market share is far behind from major competitor Microsoft.
• In past the relationship between Steve jobs and employee were not good which result in reputation loss.
Opportunities
• Increase in worms and viruses on PCs so the antivirus solution can be developed by Apple
• Large population (Gen X&Y) which are extremely individualistic and name brand conscious.
• The ties of apple other companies are weak, Apple can develop good relationship for joint ventures
• Downloadable music and MP3 players are highly marketable.
• The online sales of computer are increasing with rapid speed.
• The laptop market growth is high; Apple Computers should focus to develop new models to cater the need of customers.
Threats
• Companies not seeing Apple as compatible with their software.
• Apple facing strong competition from Dell, HP, Sony and Toshiba in laptop segment.
• Downloading free music from other online source without paying cost is common it may impact the iTunes sales.
• Apple software, Cell phone and hardware are expensive as compared to other competitors such as Dell.
• The long lasting recession may impact the sales of the company due to higher prices of the products and services
• Microsoft launched Microsoft Vista, Windows 7 which is gaining market share.
• The switching in technology is very fast.
nice post. thanks.
Very nice
thank you.
Thanks.Great Help
it is nice to see a 2 year old swot. And compare to what has happened in the last two years. Apple has no competition in the laptop field.
They overcame brand loyalty as a limiting factor (most of the iPhone users had no Apple product before)
Thumbs up for Adam for this analysis. Has some interesting aspects.
Thanks so much, it is so helpful.
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