But hasn't Apple's revenue shifted away from desktops and notebooks towards phones and consumer electronics as well?
The article makes a point that there could be disruptive change on its way that leaves the world with much less relative, general purpose computing power in homes and small businesses. I don't think that is disproved by Apple's success.
Desktops yes, but their notebook sales are still strong.
In the college market that I'm in I see a lot of netbooks being used as the only computer... so food for thought. A lot of people genuinely do not see the value in paying $1K+ for a computer, and are willing to live with the poorer performance.
I don't actually have the figures but I believe that their computer business is a smaller part of their overall revenue than it was in the past. I know it's still growing, but the trend is even visible with Apple I think. I could be wrong though.
It's true - the iPhone and iPod now makes up the bulk of Apple's revenue. That being said, sales of their laptops are still growing by leaps and bounds (well, until recently anyway). There is still a large market out there for high-end laptops.
The article makes a point that there could be disruptive change on its way that leaves the world with much less relative, general purpose computing power in homes and small businesses. I don't think that is disproved by Apple's success.