> And yet they still make piles of cash. Apple is basically a software > company that makes its money on hardware.
But it could be so much more and I believe that moving to a more open attitude to hardware requirements will help. At the end of the day, the PC ran away from IBM and Microsoft capitalised with its OS software. With Apple, its OS could well have a wider audience if its current hardware requirements are dropped and the basic hardware price for a Mac is driven by true market forces rather than the artificial monopoly that is imposed by the single hardware vendor model. Apple could capitalise by getting a much wider share of the market than it can currently achieve by being tied to the hardware anchor. In the past and indeed, right now, (with the exception of the Mac mini) Apples hardware is perceived as expensive and I'm sure that deters a lot of potential customers. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159725 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
