I looked at apple once. OS version 10.5 ish, I think. It seemed to function, but had such a goofy UI that it was essentially useless. I never gave them one thin dime and don't intend to. See, I think the way that OS's lie is as follows;
Apple: its all about image at the complete expense of functionality. Think Italian sports car. MS: kind of like a russian car. It gets you there sortof, but it might explode along the way. Linux/other UNIX: like a Japanese pickup. Practical, reliable, functional, and you can beat the crap out of it and it keeps on going. On Apr 6, 8:40 am, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > Mac is like the BMW of computers. That should say it all. > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 6:53 AM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This weekend I had what I thought was a pretty good idea for a product > on Android. But then I figured I didn't want an iPhone dev to steal > the idea and cash in so to speak, so I figured I'd look into a > simultaneous release on both platforms. > > But I got a shock when I researched the cost of Macs this weekend. I > have recently purchased a top-spec PC laptop for under £500 ($750). > > For the same price I couldn't even get the lowest spec MacBook and if > I was looking at a higher end MacBook Pro, I'd be looking at 3 to 4 > times the price! > > And ultimately the Mac is just another development tool that lets me > browse the web, send emails and view pictures. I have read so much on > Mac forums about better build quality, security and quicker setup > times, but I have had no issues whatsoever with my new PC and I set it > up in about 10 minutes! > > Is it just me or are the Mac brigade trying to make themselves feel > better about how much money they are burning on 'superior' Mac > hardware? > > Anyway, back to the point - could this be a driver in helping the > Android market to eventually outperform the iPhone market? After all, > once the momentum builds for Android and devs can see that they can > use Java, make a minimal investment on hardware and make the same > returns on their apps, why even consider the Mac route? > > Also the economic recession could have an impact on Mac where casual > users / developers cannot justify spending the extra money on a > machine that ultimately does the same thing. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
