Hi My guess is that it's because there are no external costs when developing a Mac app, unless you wish to have your app distributed through the app store or signed with an Apple developer id. When developing a commercial application for Windows on the other hand, you have the cost of not only the development tools such as visual studio, but also the cost of whichever Microsoft SDKs you need to use. In the case of VMWare, which needs to work at a very low level, you need quite a few expensive SDKs in order to do this and yes, you must pay for them if you wish to sell your product legally. Visual Studio express cannot, at least according to the license, be used to create commercial applications, i.e. if Microsoft discovered that you were doing this they'd have no problem taking you to court over it. By contrast, on Mac, all of Apple's official development tools are free of charge (in addition to being versions of pre-existing open source compilers such as Clang), so there's no need to recover these costs from the user. Also, software piracy rates are much lower on the Mac platform, and I think that's a combination of both the lower priced software and less users.
On Oct 15, 2012, at 4:09 AM, Chris <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have changed the subject to reflect a new thread. > Just to say I am noticing that commercial apps for the mac are way way > cheaper than the competition, even if the app is for both platforms I see the > mac equivalents are way cheaper. Take Vmware Fusion for example. That's £40 > compared to Vmware Workstation which if bought new is over £100. Can I ask > why this is? Just curious. Thanks! > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > On 15/10/2012 04:39, Timothy Clark Music wrote: >> hello - >> i'm not sure if they make a free version of wave pad or not. that's >> what i use. it's simple, quick, and takes me no time at all to edit my >> music here in my home studio. it makes editing fun. i think if you can't >> find a free version out there i know it would be a must have. i would >> fork over some money if able. it's not to much. hope this helps. >> web site >> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.wordpress.com >> phone number should you need to reach me >> 724-401-1224 >> check my site for more contact information. >> thanks and may the good lord keep you and bless you. >> Timothy >> >> On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Can someone recommend an easy to use free mp3 editor for the mac? >>> I've been able to trim my file with quicktime but can't save the >>> edited file. >>> I can't figure out how to use audacity or garage band. >>> Can someone tell me step by step how to mark a block of text and cut >>> that from a file then save the edited mp3 file? >>> Any help is greatly appreciated >>> Thanks, >>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Chesley >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
