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On 7/13/2010 9:01 AM, SMS wrote:
> On 13/07/10 8:41 AM, John Slade wrote:
>
>> I agree. Apple tries to keep the image that their products are better by
>> design. This was actually true years ago. I remember an Apple user who
>> was clueless who told me that Apple computers are "engineered" when
>> computers from other companies are not.
>
> In some cases that's true. I.e. Apple uses the same king of magnetic
> power cord latch for their laptops that my Zojirushi hot water boiler
> uses--if you trip over the cord it releases, it doesn't drag the
> computer to the floor or destroy the power jack on the computer. It's a
> little thing that costs little to implement, but it's thoughtful
> engineering.
>

      The point I'm making is all computers from every vendor 
are engineered. Even the small Mom and Pop store that puts them 
together from retail and OEM parts are using engineered parts. 
This is contrary to what Apple wants users to believe.

      You described a feature that Apple has that you like. It 
doesn't mean Apple is engineered other computers aren't.

>  > These other computers are just slapped together from OEM parts.
>
> There was no reason for Apple to continue to pay premium prices for
> custom chips that added no extra functionality. That was bad news for
> semiconductor companies that were enjoying huge margins selling custom
> chips to them. The end user doesn't care about what's inside. The
> decision to move to x86 was because the PowerPC was not keeping up with
> Intel in terms of low power and performance. You can't build good
> laptops with high power CPUs.

      This has nothing to do with the topic, but yes Apple had 
to switch to making clones.

John