Apple responds to new MS ads

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Plaupius said:

vlad321 said:

gameover said:

apple is very innovative even the mouse that u are using now started getting mainstream because of macs

and is not only the mouse is many other things

 

dont live in denial

 

;p

Widnows didn't even exist back when the mouse was introduced. Then because of Apple's very own crap they got annihilated (could have the apple OS only on apple HW, but you could have Windows on ANYTHING). They are doing the same thing now, and I can't wait until they get their asses whooped.

 

You might want to check the history of Apple before making such claims...

Actually, before Jobs came back to the rescue and Apple was really screwed, Apple was licensing the OS for 3rd party manufacturers. The first thing Jobs did when he came back was to stop that and although you clearly don't like it, the recipe for Apple's succes has been the closed HW. So, in the beginning they did that, and it worked ok but not great, then they opened up and it was a disaster, and then they closed again and it is been working wonders for them.

Actually, you might want to check your history of Apple before making such claims ;) ...

Nah, I kid.

But really most would argue that Apple's downfall was their closed hardware.  Apple was dominant in the 80s, but lost nearly all their marketshare far before they opened their software up to 3rd parties.  By the time they did start allowing third parties they were far below 10% marketshare.  And even then the royalties they requested were a bit much.

Also, Steve Jobs' rescue mission was really OS X.  Steve Jobs had headed NeXT computers before returning to Apple.  Apple actually bought NextStep from Steve Jobs which is the foundation that OS X was built on.  OS 7,8,9 were decent operating systems, but OS X really made the Mac stand out and gave it that asthetic flare it needed to compete.

But in all actuality, if it wasn't for the iPod, Apple wouldn't have had the capital to stay in the fight at all.