Colin Holgate wrote:
> I actually don't mind the fact that Apple runs itself as if it was
> a business.
As a shareholder I rather like it.
As a customer I use the dividends to shop at NewEgg and build my own
systems. ;)
Of course I honor the Apple EULA, so the more I learn about hardware and
enjoy choosing it myself, I heed Apple's guidance to use Ubuntu.
> About the $20 to upgrade to Mountain Lion, I suspect that doesn't
> fully pay for the development of OSX, and that's with Apple just
> having to support a handful of computers. Imaging their costs if
> they had to support every conceivable PC configuration.
I think more the former than the latter. Support queues could be
filtered by requiring a valid Mac serial number, just as they've always
done to determine if the caller is still eligible for support.
--
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