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The irony is, you've got a choice whether to pay the Apple tax or not (i.e don't buy a Mac). On the rest of computers out there (especially laptops), you're for
by sadiq 18y ago
The irony is, you've got a choice whether to pay the Apple tax or not (i.e don't buy a Mac). On the rest of computers out there (especially laptops), you're forced to pay a Microsoft tax, whether you want to use the operating system or not.
- excluding maybe Dell's Linux offers and low-end netbooks.
- jcl 18y agoI, too, found it funny that the article avoids mentioning the well-known "Microsoft tax". In relation to that term, however, the term "Apple tax" might be valid: While it's hard to buy a PC without having to pay for Windows, it's impossible to legally use Mac OSX without having to pay for Apple hardware.
- flashgordon 18y agoactually the same extends to the iPhone SDK, which is virtually unusable without a mac.. i use the word virtually since you COULD run OSX on a PC by doing all hacks yourself but not really a headache free process... sure apple is not forcing anyone to pay a tax, but then what IS a tax? technically apple's antiques are causing a reduction to the consumer surplus... is that better?