Nail on the head! I don't want any single source dictating hardware prices and that IS how Apple is a monopoly. They are riding on the cost tails of the wintel juggernaut that would not exist in a Apple dominated market. On Dec 10, 2011 8:30 AM, "Thane Sherrington" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > >
