If Apple sold as many iPebbles in its first year as iPads in their first year

[silvarios]

If Apple were gone, 80% of the smartphone market, 65% of the tablet market, 85% of the PC market, 99% of the server market, 100% of the console gaming market, and 95% of the set top box would be the same. If you fall in the other percentage, of course Apple's absence would be a big blow, otherwise not as much as one would think. In the case of any company's failure, I do think other players would swoop into pick up the pieces. Remember how dominant Nokia was in phones a few years back. That huge swathe of the pie rapidly diminished.