Apple is not dictating hardware prices. They have plenty of competition
on every front, for every product they sell. You guys are too funny.
On 12/10/2011 3:35 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
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
