> Subject: Re: [PCI] itunes - OS 9.1 Apple cutting their own. > From: Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > on 5/18/04 5:20 PM, "D.F. Manno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sagely penned: > >> At 12:04 PM -0400 5/18/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Releasing OS 8 or 9 for free would greatly encourage the used market >>> -- which Apple would, apparently, rather see crushed. >> >> And why not? Apple sees not one cent from the second-hand market. It >> makes no business sense to do anything that would discourage the sale >> of new computers. > > Shortsighted on their part, the used market fuels the new market. Most of > the people I know who are buying new machines figure what they can get on > their old ones as part of their purchasing budget. > > Additionally, marketshare is becoming a crisis. > > And finally, no, I've never bought a new Mac, but I've led more than a few > people by the hand to local Mac store and helped them buy new machines. And > some of them were talking about escaping to Dell at the very last moment ;-)
There are moral arguments as to why Apple should try to support old macs. These have their strengths and limitations. And then there are business arguments. A busines argument is no good if it is too general or vague or unclear or not deliniated sharply from a moral argument. To say that Apple are shortsighted about this or that needs some hard figures (numbers, stats). Prima facie, Apple surely have the best figures, it is in their interest to. If anyone wants to put a business argument, go ahead, but it is no use unless you put up the stats. Moral arguments are different, indeed a moral argument can easily go "Though it will actually lose us money, we should..." I am not saying that moral arguments cannot be good ones (in fact, I am not sure that the world and its commercial fruits would not be a better place if it was more moral and undoubtedly less well endowed technologically...) David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
