----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Ruset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [H] iMac arrived today...
6% of the entire PC market is a pretty big slice. And it's getting bigger
every day.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 11:34 AM 02/10/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
One advantage apple has over MS and keep in mind this is a HUGE
advantage is tight integration with hardware. As soon as they open it up
they will lose major stability. Now imagine you buy your apple software
<shrug> And their tight integration and stability has won them 6% of the
market. So it's not working as a business strategy.
Here's my guess: Apple ignores the inevitable hacking of OS X that
occurs and let's hard core users beta test it out on a variety of
hardware. Once the kinks are worked out (and not on Apple's dime) they
can say "oh well, we have to release it, there are so many people
clamouring for it."
T
