Originally Posted by TheAnimus
I really fail to see how this is pertinant to the original idea that it would be anti-competitive to enforce, needlessly your hardware for the OS.
How is it not pertinent? Microsoft allow windows to be installed on a large range of hardware, which reduces the amount of control they have over that hardware. Apple control exactly what hardware goes into the computer, so why then, should they not have control of the software that goes with it?
I'm also guessing that your not an analyist. Apple's share inflation of late is largely due to iPod and iPhone, the hardware sales of apple computers is really little. Given that by far the biggest players in this game are software houses its interesting that apple insist on not directly competing with MS.
Are you an analyst? I never made any comparisons between sales of computers and sales of iPods and iPhones. I said that apple make more money on hardware than they do on software.
And it might not be because its an inferior product, it might simply be a case of rather going for the little niches. Either way, my original comments are from a developer, not a users, point of view about the company. They really don't offer anything like as much as any other vendor out there. They also seam to play dog in a manger like sun used to during the late 90s....... But this is way off.
That's a subjective view. I think they offer more than other vendors out there.