On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 07:19, Mo McRoberts <[email protected]> wrote: > OTOH, Apple has quite regularly suggested that Macs aren't necessarily > consumer-focused.
Seeing as the first few Macs couldn't even be opened up*, I doubt Steve Jobs has ever really cared for tinkering. I can remember the first time I used a Mac back in 1985 and the first thing that came across my mind was "where's the Basic?". Back then you needed a $10,000 Lisa to develop for the Mac. I can't help but wonder if Macs would have been locked to an App Store from day one if networking back then was like it is now, with Apple continuing the Lisa line as the astoundingly expensive Mac for developers. I really do expect to see the Mac line become more and more like the iPhone/Pad/Pod. If Apple could get away with locking down Macs to an App Store, they would. The only thing I don't get is why people bother to jailbreak their pads/pods/phones/apple tvs when more open hardware is available. Scot *Unless you had a special screwdriver that most consumers wouldn't be able to find - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
