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>Certain types of cheap PC would undermine this experience even if they run OS X. Do you know how ridiculous this sounds? The cheapest hardware that you can bu

by omouse 18y ago

>Certain types of cheap PC would undermine this experience even if they run OS X. Do you know how ridiculous this sounds? The cheapest hardware that you can buy at any retailer is pretty good. Some people don't care about the experience that Apple tries to sell, they want a different experience. Why should Apple be allowed to lock people into a particular type of hardware?

raganwald 18y ago
Do you know how ridiculous this sounds? The cheapest hardware that you can buy at any retailer is pretty good. the hidden assumption in your statement is that "pretty good" PCs are interchangeable for this application. This is not true. In another comment there is the suggestion that a certain type of cheap PC would be loaded down with trial software. That would undermine the experience even if the PC was functionally identical to a Macintosh. Another example would be the choice of cards and drivers. Apple have the luxury of managing compatibility with a very limited number of hardware components. A "pretty good" cheap PC might have components with equivalent quality compoents that are not compatible with OS X as it is currently shipped, so they would have to write their own drivers. Would these drivers be as good as the existing ones or would they be buggy? Would Apple work as hard to ensure that future versions of OS X would maintain backwards compatibility with other people's buggy code as Microsoft claim to do? I think it's entirely possible for there to be cheap PCs that are "pretty good" running Linux or Windows but still undermine the experience of a Macintosh. Some people don't care about the experience that Apple tries to sell, they want a different experience. Why should Apple be allowed to lock people into a particular type of hardware? Now come on, please re-read what you wrote a few times and then answer the question for yourself. When was the last time someone complained to you that Apple forced them to buy the Macintosh experience? Do you need me to jump on a plane and take you shopping in your town for computers that offer different experiences? Or come to Toronto, let's have dinner at "The Nose," a nice restaurant near my home. One of the items on their menu is "Spaghetti with Scotty's Giant Meatball," a single large meatball. We can ask for the traditional multiple small meatballs, but they do not serve that dish. Should we complain that they are locking us into giant meatballs? Or should we simply walk down the street to Casa di Georgio, where they serve the dish we want? Apple sells what it sells. Dell sells what it sells. If people want a Dell, let them buy a Dell.

by omouse 18y ago

raganwald 18y ago

Do you know how ridiculous this sounds? The cheapest hardware that you can buy at any retailer is pretty good. the hidden assumption in your statement is that "pretty good" PCs are interchangeable for this application. This is not true. In another comment there is the suggestion that a certain type of cheap PC would be loaded down with trial software. That would undermine the experience even if the PC was functionally identical to a Macintosh. Another example would be the choice of cards and drivers. Apple have the luxury of managing compatibility with a very limited number of hardware components. A "pretty good" cheap PC might have components with equivalent quality compoents that are not compatible with OS X as it is currently shipped, so they would have to write their own drivers. Would these drivers be as good as the existing ones or would they be buggy? Would Apple work as hard to ensure that future versions of OS X would maintain backwards compatibility with other people's buggy code as Microsoft claim to do? I think it's entirely possible for there to be cheap PCs that are "pretty good" running Linux or Windows but still undermine the experience of a Macintosh. Some people don't care about the experience that Apple tries to sell, they want a different experience. Why should Apple be allowed to lock people into a particular type of hardware? Now come on, please re-read what you wrote a few times and then answer the question for yourself. When was the last time someone complained to you that Apple forced them to buy the Macintosh experience? Do you need me to jump on a plane and take you shopping in your town for computers that offer different experiences? Or come to Toronto, let's have dinner at "The Nose," a nice restaurant near my home. One of the items on their menu is "Spaghetti with Scotty's Giant Meatball," a single large meatball. We can ask for the traditional multiple small meatballs, but they do not serve that dish. Should we complain that they are locking us into giant meatballs? Or should we simply walk down the street to Casa di Georgio, where they serve the dish we want? Apple sells what it sells. Dell sells what it sells. If people want a Dell, let them buy a Dell.