Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem

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From: Todd Allcock
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:30

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At 16 Jul 2010 20:47:53 -0700 John Slade wrote:

> Apple would have to sell many, many more computers to catch any of the
> big boys. For them to capture significant OS X market share, they have
> to convince people that OS X is better to have around than Windows
> XP/Vista/7. Since relatively very few games and applications are
> produced for OS X(excluding UNIX software), it's no wonder OS X has
> seen minuscule gains.
> 
>       Now if this info doesn't sink in, you'll never understand.

What you don't seem to understand is that Apple isn't in the OS business,
they're in the hardware business.  OS X is a "value add"- essentially a
software bundle to differentiate themselves from other brands.

If Apple cared about OS market share as a measure of sucess, they'd
license OS X to other OEMs like Microsoft does.  But they don't.  They
want to sell $800 computers, not $20 OEM licenses.

Trying to compare Apple to Microsoft is like comparing Ford to Goodyear. 
Sure, Ford sells a good number of tires, but primarily in sets of four,
bolted to a car or truck, same as Apple sells OSes: "bolted" to a computer.

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