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billy_gates:
Who here thinks that what Apple is now doing is kind of what Microsoft did a while ago?

Making apps that are worse than many other companys' and bundling them with the OS or making them free.
I have a couple examples:

Sherlock 3 - A.K.A. Watson from Karelia

iCal - doesn't even directly interface with Address Book

Anyone can think of any more please post them, I might learn something

trc3:

quote: Who here thinks that what Apple is now doing is kind of what Microsoft did a while ago?

Making apps that are worse than many other companys' and bundling them with the OS or making them free.
I have a couple examples:

Sherlock 3 - A.K.A. Watson from Karelia

iCal - doesn't even directly interface with Address Book

Anyone can think of any more please post them, I might learn something
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As of right now im a little pissed at apple for this whole .net err i mean .mac and jaguar deal.
Although i havnt used 10.2 yet with the bundled ichat, itunes3 and so on, the diffrence between Apple and micro$haft is that you dont have to rip these apps out of the os. If you dont want them simply delete them and their preferences.

billy_gates:
true, they aren't required like Windows, but they will still make other companies lose money.

psyjax:
I disagree whole hartedly. Sherlock 3 is just an extension of the origional sherlock. A utility which Apple pioneered. Sherlock 3 is basically the same thing with a few more bells and whistles.

iTunes is a wicked media player and dosn't impose restrictions or proprietary formats etc. like WMP. QuickTime, at least for Apple, is a bitchen format and great for streaming.

Unlike M$ Apple dosn't try and force compeating apps to not run correctly or have trouble. As a matter of Fact MacAmp is an excellent iTunes alternative with a few features (like recording internet radio to an Mp3) that iTunes dosn't even have.

Bundling of software to force users into your own OS and marketing etc. is very diffrent than what Apple does. Which is bundle products to make the user be able to do more  with his/her computer right out of the box.

If you can do better than what they offer, just throw it away and install what you want.

.Mac is a diffrent story. That sucks a big one. Jaguare however, is worth every penny. Some have been saying that it's what the OS should have been when it first came out, I say to those, YOUR FUCKING BLIND!

That's like saying that OS9 is what OS 1.0 should have been. This is leaps above what OSX was and it shows, just look at all the new stuff in it. I think it's a great value.

And who knows, maybe 10.3 will be 20 bucks like 10.1 from 10.0 was    :D  

EDIT:

Oh, another great App! iMovie! What's not great about this? A simple bare bones media editor for digital video. A great, well designed program, that a novice or a pro. can use for throwing a quick movie together!

I'll be damned if M$ ever offered anything half as good as this.

There is another major diffrence, Apple's bundled apps are pretty damn good. M$'s suck, except for FreeCell of course  

[ July 21, 2002: Message edited by: psyjax ]

trc3:

quote: Some have been saying that it's what the OS should have been when it first came out, I say to those, YOUR FUCKING BLIND!

That's like saying that OS9 is what OS 1.0 should have been. This is leaps above what OSX was and it shows, just look at all the new stuff in it. I think it's a great value.
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Well at first i was really mad about this Jaguar deal, its been a few days and i've calmed down, but i still think their should be some sort of discount or update price for those of us who already have 10.1.  But maybe when i use 10.2 i'll think diffrently, and after reading about Jaguar it does have alot of new features, some I want, some I dont.  

 
quote: Oh, another great App! iMovie! What's not great about this? A simple bare bones media editor for digital video. A great, well designed program, that a novice or a pro. can use for throwing a quick movie together!

I'll be damned if M$ ever offered anything half as good as this.
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M$ has Movie Maker HAHAHA!!!    ;)  

[EDIT]
FreeCell is the only app M$ makes that works right... Wait, M$ hasnt ever made anything I take back my last statement.

[ July 22, 2002: Message edited by: trc3 ]

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