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Bazoukas:
Now knowing that you MAC folks are gun ho like us Linux guys are, i will ask you, not to jump on me. The time I spent on MACs is very limited and it looks intresting but I have these questions.


  a) Why would you lock your self on specific Hardware? I heard alot about the power of the G CPU. But Doesnt that limit your choices or your needs to slam a biger CPU in it (I brought this as an example)?  
  For example Right now I am on 1.5 Ghz AMDXP. When I will have money I will slam that 2GhZ with out changing the mobo.

    As far as the OS goes, is it 100% Open Source? Or is it that just some part of it is Open Source. And if its closed source, isnt that like MS (with out the BSOD of course).

   Some months ago I read that owners of MACS had to pay for upgrades (I am not sure about this, so I may be talking out of my ass now). If this is true, isnt that a rip off? And if not, why?

  And why they dont release the OS for all platforms? What is the purpose of locking it in a specific set of hardware (i am looking for an arguement besides performance)? In other words, what is the logic behind this?


  Thats it. And please again remember that I am clueless about MACs. I recently left the Dark side and i am now 100% Linux user.

hm_murdock:
Why not release the OS for other hardware platforms? Because Apple is a computer hardware company. They stay alive by selling computers.

This is also the reason that we love our Macs so much. Apple makes a complete solution. Using a Mac is more like having an appliance. It just works.

The speed and upgrade thing is getting to be a problem though. I, personally am having problems justifying getting another Apple computer right now, and have decided to skip them and get a used PC this time around, but if the PPC970 is gonna hit by this time next year, well then, most certainly I'll be looking at Apple again.

Upgrades have commonly been easy. Pop out a daughtercard and put a new one in. On Applefritter.com, I saw where someone added a dual processor card to a G4 cube. Not bad!

Pissed_Macman:
Why would you lock yourself on specific hardware? I understand what you're saying, but Mac OS is not the only operating system that will run on Mac hardware. Right now I'm also running Linux Yellow Dog. But people who don't know about Linux (this used to be me) think Windows is the only alternative and feel like they are forced to use Mac. And I've never heard of one person who wasn't happy with Mac OS (except for maybe people at schools and in work places).

Mac users only have to pay for major upgrades. For example: We all had to pay for Mac OS 10, but 10.1.5 was free. Now we have to pay for 10.2. Kind of a bitch, I have some ussues with Mac hardware and software prices, but not enough to give them up.

Why don't they release the OS for other platforms? I have wondered about this as well. My best guess would be legal ussues, maybe Apple doesn't feel like monopolizing, or maybe there's something in the software itself that doesn't like PCs. Maybe someone else can give you a better answer to this one.

[ November 11, 2002: Message edited by: Macman / bOb ]

TheQuirk:
It's because Apple gets most of it's money from selling hardware - not software. A lot of people switch to Mac because of the great OS. Think about it. . .

Scenario A: Person buys G4 tower with Mac OS 10.2. Apple makes a $1000 profit.

Scenario B: Person buys a high-end, x86 tower with Mac OS 10.2. Apple makes a $30 profit.

Which seems more favorable? Yeah, thought so.

voidmain:
So what about all those people who would have given them a $30 profit not giving them anything because they won't buy the whole package? Seems Microsoft's made a pretty good business out of selling software only. Apple could get a piece of that action for sure.

[ November 12, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

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