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Article #285Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: Dennis Ferguson
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:56
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:56
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On 2010-07-19, Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > At 18 Jul 2010 22:14:37 -0700 John Higdon wrote: >> In article <i20lpv$f7m$2@news.eternal-september.org>, >> sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: >> >> > For the most part Microsoft has been a "natural monopoly", gaining > market >> > share mostly due to product and marketing excellence. >> >> Installing the OS on virtually every brand of PC sold by any retailer >> doesn't hurt, either. > > True, but what options do OEMs have? Apple won't sell them OS X! ;) I'd be happy with a no-operating-system option since I usually end up deleting Windows without booting it. The OEMs must get better volume discounts if they don't provide that option. Dennis Ferguson
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