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Apple vs. Microsoft Myths Revisited

Posted by timothy on from the never-heard-that-one-before-no-sir dept.

allgood2 writes "John Gruber at Daring Fireball has a great article exploring the myth that Apple could/would be Microsoft if only they had licensed their operating system. This myth has oft been purported in technology and business media."

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  1. Anon. Karma Whore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's generally agreed that the first version of Windows that didn't suck shipped in 1995, a decade after the arrival of the Mac.

    Such a version of Windows was never released.

  2. Apple does QA testing... by netsavior · · Score: 3, Funny

    they could never compete with MS because they bother with all that quality controll non-sense

  3. Re:As the article says by black+mariah · · Score: 5, Funny
    Makes you wonder what will happen when Linux becomes as big as Windows.
    Hell will freeze over and the moon will turn to blood. Also, Roger Ebert will quit being fat.



    So it'll be a while.
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  4. Re:The reason I chose the PC over Apple... by RatBastard · · Score: 4, Funny

    As a proud owner of a G5 I have to say there is nothing more fun than a ten-player game of Photoshop Deathmatch.

    (But seriously, I do own a G5 and I do not regret it one bit.)

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  5. Quote-Unquote!?!?! by njcoder · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:
    Most quote-unquote "business analysts"
    Dude, you're typing! There's absolutely no reason to say "quote-unquote", you type " and "
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  6. Re:The reason I chose the PC over Apple... by MrLint · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have this really sweet gaussian blur death ray.

  7. Wait a minute... by Tokerat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quothe the article:
    Apple's pitch has always been that you should buy an Apple computer, not that you should replace Microsoft's OS with theirs.
    Was you PC going "Blee-ble-ble-ble-ble-bleeee" so long that you missed the Switch commercials? That's kind of..........a bummer.
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  8. Re:Make an entry level computer! by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Ok, lets go to the Apple store and see what I can get. The cheapest desktop is $2,799.00 CAD. That is assinine."

    I agree, even asinine. But you evidently did the usual Apple slam of only comparing against their top end desktop. OK, let's go to the Apple store and see what I can get. The cheapest desktop is $1049 CAD ($799 in America, btw). That is a lot less asinine, or even assinine.

    What's that? You only count the high-end stuff worthy of your attention? OK, fine, but then do the same when comparing a Dell. If you compare low-end PC to high-end Apple, you'll end up looking assinine and asinine.

  9. Re:Maybe Microsoft could/would be like Apple by lavaface · · Score: 4, Funny
    many, many companies would love to be like Microsoft, because Microsoft makes a fuckton of money.

    Why must the US stick to imperial units? The proper terminology is a metric fuckton. Standards, people, standards.

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  10. Gimme a hit off that pipe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because we all know that tires are both a significant fraction of the price of a new car, and frequently outlive the usefulness of the car....

    Hey, did you have to go to bad analogy camp, or is it just raw talent?