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Article #383Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: Dennis Ferguson
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:04
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:04
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On 2010-07-17, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote: > On 17/07/10 10:58 AM, Todd Allcock wrote: > >> Which is why they don't need "naked" OS sales. They already have >> alternative revenue streams. Selling OS X without Macs would kill off Macs >> and their 30-point margins. > > I doubt it. Those that buy Macs are buying them for reasons that HP and > Dell cannot address, even if they had access to OS-X. Who are those people? I buy Macs since I need a Unix software development environment, want a decent UI which I don't have to work to maintain myself, and occasionally need to use MS Office applications. OS X meets those needs better than anything else I've found, but I'd be quite happy to do without Apple hardware if that were an option that didn't require more work on my part. I think the only Apple product I bought prior to 2001 was a Laserwriter in 1985 or so (which I connected to a Vax running Unix). I don't care about Apple hardware but their operating system meets my needs, so the fact that their operating system only runs on their hardware is about the only reason I buy their hardware. Dennis Ferguson
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