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First, it doesn't mater what you call it. Second, Its not like people buying cheap macs are spoiling the user experience of the real mac users.Thankfully most
by pavelludiq 18y ago
First, it doesn't mater what you call it.
Second, Its not like people buying cheap macs are spoiling the user experience of the real mac users.Thankfully most apple users are not assholes and they really don't care that there are pc's running OSX that don't deliver the mac experience. Its not like somebody is "being a pc" at them, right?
So the answer to your question "Should the market choose what they want?" is: absolutely. Is it a good thing? A pc running OSX is probably not worse than a linux box, or a winpc, so its probably not bad, unless you're apple, or you are somehow offended by cheap(in the quality sense) computers.
- raganwald 18y agoit doesn't mater what you call it. Yes it does. If it isn't equivalent to a Macintosh but you call it a Macintosh, you dilute the Macintosh brand equity. That's exactly why companies defend their trade marks so zealously.
- pavelludiq 18y agoOk, that sounds reasonable. I just wanted to get that "name" thing out of the way, so i can express my other point.
- redrobot5050 18y agoNot to mention that everyone except the most die-hard mac fans will buy a cheap OS X for their next home PC, and it'll cannibalize Apple's sales, which means they will have to cannibalize their R&D. So unlicensed OS X boxen may not be "theft" but it does imply revenue lost. That said, if you want a "cheap OS X box" search Ebay for "MacBook Nano". People are selling MSI Winds with hacked copies of leopard for about $450.