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From: John Slade
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:21
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:21
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SMS wrote:
> John Slade wrote:
>> Now it seems Apple's OS X is becoming stagnant and Microsoft is far
>> ahead with Windows 7.
>
> Well Microsoft has at least leveled the playing field in most respects,
> and passed OS-X in others. Now the reason to buy a Mac is that you like
> the design of the hardware or you need to run one of the applications
> that isn't available for the PC. I.e., I know my nephew sticks with the
> Mac because he does a lot of freelance non-linear editing work with
> FinalCut Pro, which isn't available for Windows. He also uses Avid, but
> FinalCut is faster if the projects aren't too complex. The extra cost of
> the hardware is lost in the noise if he can complete projects a bit
> faster. Of course some of his colleagues run OS-X on high-end non-Apple
> machines, but it really isn't worth the hassle of doing this because
> there's always something that doesn't work quite right, and the monetary
> savings are small.
The high-end workstation market is the only computer
market that Apple truly competes in.
>
> Apple's approach of diversifying out of just selling Intel based
> hardware into more profitable areas where their strength in ergonomics
> and human factors helps them dominate is very smart indeed.
Actually I think Apple's portable devices and music sales
are overshadowing their computers. They needed to go to Intel
architecture to keep their computers from becoming obsolete.
John
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