Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote on 05/18/2009 05:49:53 PM: > Back in the day, you couldn't even use a *hard drive* with their > computers unless the mfg ID was "APPLE".
That has NEVER been the case for any Apple computer. Mac or otherwise... For a while you couldn't use Apples software to format a non-Apple hard drive. So manufacturers bundled in their own. Often with extra features. But hardly a show-stopper. > People keep claiming they've > changed their ways, but they keep continuing old habits. People continue to make unfounded and outrages claims about how proprietary they are, and most continue to still miss the point. > To some extent, this is what gives Apple an edge in the "ease of > use" area. It's a lot easier to make sure everything works together > when you control the definition of "everything". And that's why Apple offers an integrated solution. End to end. It's what gives them, consistently, the highest customer satisfaction scores and a market cap 60% of that to Microsoft. Not bad for 4% market share. > But at the same > time, it limits freedom and limits creativity. What a load of horse hockey > Sure, creativity can > exist, but only in the channels Apple defines. "Thinking outside the > box" is strictly forbidden, unless it comes from Apple itself. Ugh. Then by your strict interpretation, Apple should be suing these guys out of existance: http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook Amazingly, they aren't. Fascinating, eh? > "We've taken care of everything, the words you read, the songs you > sing. The pictures that bring pleasure to your eyes." Being a tad melodramatic? > Some people -- most people, I'd wager -- don't care about that. But > some of us do. Then go buy something else - no one is forcing you to use Apple. Sheesh, stop being so insecure, there are more then one way to do things and there doesn't have to be one right way to do things. It's life, not "Highlander". Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
