At 09:43 AM 10/12/2011, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
What are you talking about, man? Apple makes laptops, pcs, tablets, mp3 players, etc. Others make devices that do exactly the same things that Apple products do. You can't say apple has a monopoly on its products anymore than you can say that lenovo has a monopoly on the x220t laptop or samsung has a monopoly on the series 7 slate. It's a silly argument. Apple laptops are part of a plethora of hardware choices. Having a closed ecosystem doesn't make it a monopoly. You have no loss of choice and you aren't forced into anything. Hating for little reason is not an attractive trait.
I think his point was: If Apple were to get 95% of the market (like Microsoft has) then there would be no Dell, HP, Acer, etc choices. If you want Apple OS, you must by Apple hardware. I guess it's not a monopoly (although it shares some characteristics), it's more of a closed garden. Frankly, I'm glad that Microsoft (for all its warts) is the dominant player in the PC world. If things were reversed, the PC world would be a lot less interesting.
T
