On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 23:42, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, more to the point, what in Apple's business practice is so bad, compared > to other HW makers that people need to single it out ?
The x86 landscape is a competitive market. You can buy any x86 (Intel or AMD powered) system and install your choice of OS on it... Linux, FreeBSD, you-name it. Apple on the other hand is a monopoly. The programmers and the firm´s lawyers do everything they can to prevent Apple software running on non-Apple hardware. http://blogs.computerworld.com/15069/apple_kills_support_for_intel_atom_netbooks_with_10_6_2_update --- "This effectively means that going forward, people with Netbooks running on Intel Atom (95% of them) won't be able to upgrade beyond 10.6.1...at least without modifying or downgrading the kernal, which could have other consequences. Apple's reason for doing this is fairly obvious. They want to prevent prospective MacBook or Mac Mini customers from buying a $300 netbook rather than an Apple product which costs at least two or three times as much". --- Innovation, indeed, to prevent competition. FC _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
