The things we will put up with.

[vlad321]

Senlis said:

vlad321 said:

im_sneaky said:
As bad as Windows is i hate Apple more. To the core.

 

Me too. Their business practices are just as bad, if not worse, than Microsoft's and then they go around trying to act as if nothing has happened. You'd think the fact they got rocked in the PC war BECAUSE of their shitty practices (only Apple HW can have Apple SW). If Microsoft hadn't spawned and we onlny had Apple back in the day, the current state of the world would have been a much MUCH darker place.

I don't see any problem with the Apple business practice you mentioned.  The reason the MacOSX runs so well is because the programmers knew exactly what hardware the OS was going to be run on.  Also, since they make the hardware, and they make the software, they have every right to make their software only work on their hardware.  In fact, one of the nice things about installing MacOSX is that there is no cd-keys or activation.  Why should they be concerned about DRM when only their hardware can run the OS.  However, if you do not like the HW/SW restriction, you have every right not to buy their product.  It does not amount to dishonest business practice though.

 

That practice is exactly why they got destroyed by MS earlier. Gates just gave out the Windows license to any hardware manufacturer that wanted it and that's how Windows spread like wildfire. It's because of Gates and Windows that people have enough PCs to use the web and create the whole Web 2.0 effect and just about anything. Like I said if it were left to Apple we'd be nowhere near the level of cultural penetration of the PC that we have now. Since they make their own hardware and software the hardware is generally expensive as hell. Right now the cheapest Mac enabled PC that I can get is $600 dollars, meanwhile the cheapest Windows one is about half that, even less. Also because they use their practice on every product, I can fully see the Android destroying the iPhone in terms of app support, and just overall, and penetration. Apple's business model is not ebenficial to ANYONE, even themselves.