Star Why Do We Claim Mac OS X Is Subsidised at Retail?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 3rd Jul 2009 11:27 UTC
Mac OS X Whenever we talk about Mac clone makers such as Psystar, we all more or less accept as a fact that Apple is selling copies of its Mac OS X operating system at a price lower than it would have been if Apple did not have a hardware business. Even though we treat this statement as fact - recently, I've been wondering: where is the proof?
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RE[3]: It's just common sense.
by Vanders on Fri 3rd Jul 2009 14:22 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: It's just common sense."
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But to maintain a high quality it would involve a massive amount of control when it comes to licensing and many OEM's would simply refuse.


Dell and other OEMs are happily shipping Ubuntu on their hardware, which requires a similar amount of "control" in respect of the hardware they select. Why would it suddenly be different for Apple? I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that Dell would fall over themselves if Apple offered them to option to ship OS X on their machines.

Its a no win situation with some idiots on this website - what it is all about is envy and jealousy. I can't have that product so I'd sooner see the company get destroyed instead.


I have no idea if that was aimed at me or just a general comment, but it's bizarre reasoning on your part either way.

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