Well, IBM.
But the name on the box isn't the issue. If a PC breaks you know you'll be able to get it fixed even if the manufacturer has gone broke - all the parts are standard. If a Mac goes down the tubes who, apart from Apple, could repair/replace some of the components? One of those motherboards with the liquid-cooled G5 processors, for instance?
I think that's the issue, and while I agree that suggesting that Apple are 'on the verge of going out of business' is wrong, nonetheless pointing out to a client that they would be entering into a single-source supplier situation is not unreasonable.
Tom Burke
On 7 Jul 2004, at 08:12, Stuart Bell wrote:
On 7 Jul 2004, at 08:04, julian o'connor wrote:
There are also a considerable number of consultants out there who deliberatelyWhich raises the question of how many companies which were producing PCs in 1984 are still doing so.
bad mouth Apple products and constantly tell their clients that Apple are on
the verge of going out of business so any kit they buy will end up
unsupported.
Stuart
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