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Oddly enough, I bought a MacBook last year, and there was no way for me to not buy OSX. I don't need it, and I don't want it. I installed Windows 7 immediately
by steverb 14y ago
Oddly enough, I bought a MacBook last year, and there was no way for me to not buy OSX. I don't need it, and I don't want it. I installed Windows 7 immediately after getting it.
Of course, I knew that when buying a MacBook I would end up paying a small amount for the development of OSX even though I had no intention of using it.
I had options, you had options. We chose the option we did because in balance that was the best option for us respectively.
- gnaffle 14y agoIs it wrong to point out that you would have had better options if manufacturers made this bundling optional? And that the range of options seem to decrease over time? (Eg. you can't buy Windows RT and install it on an iPad).
- pbz 14y agoOptions don't come for free though. Every option in the chain doubles the number of configurations that the manufacturer has to maintain. So, yes, better for consumer, but not better / easier for OEMs.
- freehunter 14y agoThe ARM market is different due to many drivers and specs not being open-sourced. In some cases, the drivers for the SoC are hidden behind an NDA and you have to be a hardware partner to get access to these drivers. Trying to install Windows RT on an iPad would likely result in finding driver incompatibilities.
- klez 14y agoThere's just one company that sells computers with OSX pre-installed.
- steverb 14y agoLegally. ;-)