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I think the keyword here is "integration". The theory being, because the hardware and software are being done by the same company, it's easier to make them wor
by trasz 6y ago
I think the keyword here is "integration". The theory being, because the hardware and software are being done by the same company, it's easier to make them work together well.
This has been the case sometimes, Apple, Digital (VMS), and NEXT are good examples of this, but from what I've seen, in most cases the user experience was pretty poor anyway.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoAnd while Apple was always great at integrated experience in their cathedral, they took decades to get to external compatibility and competitive horsepower.
- trasz 6y agoSince early nineties the Unix workstation vendors also had this problem - every now and then they managed to get ahead, particularly with floating point, but then quickly lost the lead, not being able to keep up with Intel. Most of them also loved weird hardware solutions - not just internal bus connectors, but also serial ports (eg the round Mac serial port connectors used by SGI) and sometimes just a "generally weird interfaces", like HP MUX boxes, or HIL keyboards/mice.