On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Joseph <ma...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > I agree with all of your assessments thus far. Woudn't it be great if Apple > opened up it's hardware model to allow for 3rd party hardware companies and > just sold the OS? I don't think I would buy it even then but it would be a > break from their monopolistic hardware/software coupling effort and prices > would precipitously drop. But alas, I dream. Apple profits from this sweet > business arraignment to the detriment of the consumer (much the same for > other prestige brands). > With so many great options for Linux on the desktop I don't even consider > Apple. And yes even my girlfriend is running Linux (Ubuntu) on a <$500 PC > that does everything she needs. That other $2000 she "should" have spent on > a shinny Apple was well spent elsewhere! =P > Have a great weekend,
Apple did this before, years ago. And they 'undid' this, as the resulting products where lackluster, and their 'apperent quality' went down the tubes. -- -- Thomas _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
