Doc said:
Apple won't get a dollar from me either Dargo. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, Apple has always been that way. Even with their computers. They have good hardware and they would not release the OS code so that others could write software for them.
This is not true. They did allow other companies to make Macs. Remember Umax and PowerComputing? They made Macs and competed directly against the Apple brand Macs. When Apple bought NeXT computer in order to get the NeXTSTEP OS onto Macs, Steve Jobs stopped the open licensing of their OS to Umax and PowerComputing because he saw no benefit and a lot to lose. I should highlight the reason for this.. The NeXTSTEP OS used to only run on Steve Job's NeXT computers. He later opened it up and allowed NeXTSTEP to run on generic x86 PC that you could build yourself. I don't think after he thought it was a good experience and wanted to stop what was going on at Apple when Apple acquired him along with the NeXTSTEP OS. Recall that the Mac OS X operating system was planned to run on x86 too when they were porting it to the Mac HW. This was code named Yellow Box. The os running on PowerPC (Mac HW) was code named Blue Box. Eventually, Steve Jobs decided to drop the Yellow box effort.
Completely HW and SW integration is the reason that Macs work so well today. Its not a bad thing.
Now don't tell me you still think Mac HW is too expensive when you can buy a new Mac for $500. Ots amazing that people complain about the price of a tool that they use everyday. If you use it everyday and so many hours its it worth investing some money into something this is nice and comfortable??
Shoes, tractors, etc. Why are computer not in this category?
With as much as I think we use computers around here, I think the cost of using a PC vs Mac on an hourly basis is on the order of $0.01 cents per hour. If that. You probably spend a significant amount of money on electricity for that Pentium IV or Athlon, on an hourly basis, then you do on the actual computer... ha ha.
I just don't get it why people pick at the price all the time. $20,000 for a quality tractor that they put 100 hrs a year on is not a big deal $500-1000 for a computer they spend 20-40 hrs a week is way too expensive.. WTF?
And it seems no one even considers resale of computer. Yes there is a difference in resale between PCs and Macs. check eBay if you don't believe me.