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Ernest Kim <e.kim@dotsonline.com> wrote:
: >>
: > Try Apple vs (Compaq + IBM + GW200 + Dell + Micron + Packard Bell +
: > a 1000+ other PC cloners.)
: >

: Probably for the same reason you wouldnt compare:

:   Ford vs (GM + Honda + Toyota + VW + ...)

: when looking at a single company's performance and standings.<<

: Cars and computers don't make for much of an analogy, at least not 
: when you're talking about the Mac vs. PCs.  The problem is that Macs 
: run the MacOS which does not run apps written for that other OS 
: which owns about 80% of the market.  

: Ford, GM, Honda, et al all run on the same gas so that is not an 
: accurate comparison.  Imagine Ford's cars required a special 
: gasoline that no other cars could use, then you'd have a better 
: analogy.

Actually, your analogy isn't any better.  You run _applications_ on your 
computer.  You use your car for transportation.  Those are the primary 
purposes of each.  The OS of a computer would be like the engine of the 
car - even though the car's engine is hardware and the OS software, 
they're still comparable.

Anyway - the purpose of your car is to take you somewhere.  Some cars can 
go 4-wheeling, while others can't.  Some computers can run application X, 
while others can't.  If you want an analogy between cars and computers, 
this is a better place have it (though it will slop down a bit into the 
hardware - i.e. some cars can carry more people, some computers can run 
more programs at one time due to RAM, etc - something more configurable 
in a computer than in a car...)

Then again, some people compare the engines in their cars, or the 
suspension - so I guess thats why people compare the OS or processors in 
their computers :)  

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