&gt; reading the topic and not the article, my gut feeling is high quality products, whether it be phones or laptops. But, -especially- laptops.<p>Revenue from Mac (laptop and desktop combined) sales was only 13% in 2013. Moreover looking at the year-over-year growth Mac sales saw the biggest decrease. I guess more recent numbers are not much different.<p>The problem for Apple is also that their laptops are consumer machines not business machines (no docking station, subpar integration in Microsoft ecosystem).
The Notebook market is shrinking and I suspect 
consumer market is shrinking much faster than business.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if they sell the Mac division and concentrate on iPads with keyboards. The new 2015 MacBook is a hint in this direction.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2013&#x2F;01&#x2F;these-charts-tell-you-exactly-how-and-where-apple-makes-money-right-now&#x2F;272463&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2013&#x2F;01&#x2F;these-ch...</a>