Happy Birthday Mac!

The Mac at 30: The next 30 years

For 30 years now, we’ve lived with the Mac, through the good, the bad, and even the ugly. But as we celebrate this momentous anniversary, I found myself wondering just how much longer the Mac we know and love will continue to be an integral part of our lives.
In their interview with my colleague Jason Snell, Apple’s executives firmly maintain that the Mac still has its own place in Apple’s grand scheme of things and that, despite the popularity of the iPad and iPhone, that place is secure.
Me, I’m not so sure. Not to be a doomsayer, but looking back over how far the Mac has come in the last 30 years, I’m not sure if it’s future is as quite so assured. If we look ahead another 30 years, will the Mac still have a place then?