Coming Back To Windows After Over 2 Years

[surfasb]

Originally Posted by pmassey31545

Yeah!!! surf, all because of you I was up all hours of the night checking out alizee. And I have no idea what she is saying, but who cares!?? She IS pretty darn hot!

What is all this talk about Apple?

They are misspelling Alizee.


On a serious note, I do often make the mistake of merging the company's reputation with my opinion of the user community, which is unwarranted. In all fairness, Apple has a great product and a focused product objective. It can be tough for the other OEMs to compete, because they are hardware companies, not software.

The user experience is the face of the hardware. Hardware is useless without a solid UI. Compare it to the direction Office 2007 went. Rather than adding new features, they stuck with a strong UI direction. People rediscovered their love for Office. It made using Office "fun" again.

[Deathwinger]

Originally Posted by surfasb

Then again, remember when Apple did try the third party licensing model? They suffered as a company.

But wasn't that when their OS had no real benefit if any over Windows.
What would happen if they license OSX snow leopard. I think it could work.
I, for one, would like to use Final Cut Pro easier than having to buy their god awful hardware.

[Todd4300nc]

I don't much care for Apple. For one the high price. Sure we can pay more for Windows OS (different versions) but we can choose to install it on a $399 laptop or a $3000 laptop.

Windows always worked fine for me and the only problems I have had is when I install the millions of user created programs out there. Everybody and their dog writes programs for windows pc's and if you are like me and want to try them all something will go wrong. Windows PC's seem to appeal to the hands on/in people.

Oh and the cleaver but misleading apple commercials don't win me over either.

According to the apple commercial as a Windows PC user if I bought a new digital camera I wouldn't be able to use it with my computer. XP pro was already several years old and I bought the latest prosumer digital camera out there. Took a bunch of pictures, plugged it in and Windows recognized it and asked me where I wanted to store the pictures and the date format and done.

Oh also Windows laptops don't come with built in cameras and you have to duct tape an external camera.

I'm sorry but apple is just one big company of disinformation and selective truth.

I'm not saying they are bad computers, I wouldn't mind having one for a doorstop or something. And what's with the bite taken out of the apple ? If I spend that much for one I want the whole uneaten apple !!

Seriously though they are not bad computers / OS. just my choice not to own one.

[surfasb]

Originally Posted by Deathwinger

But wasn't that when their OS had no real benefit if any over Windows.
What would happen if they license OSX snow leopard. I think it could work.
I, for one, would like to use Final Cut Pro easier than having to buy their god awful hardware.

Well, licensing their OS caused it to be commoditized. In the case of Apple, the price was no longer determined by the supplier but by the market as a whole function. This cannibalized Apple's profit margins as OEMs consistently priced their machines lower than Apple. It was a business decision Apple was never prepared for then, and definitely not now.

Their closed garden model is the reason why they can gouge customers with such ridiculous profit margins. It reminds me of the New York City real estate market. People are willing to pay ridiculous prices simply because there isn't enough apartments. They'll settle for whatever and talk about how great of a deal their one room studio is for $1500. It's an artificial supply constraint.

This is why NYC rent has a price ceiling. Otherwise the prices would spiral upwards to unknown ranges.