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Should Apple make .Mac free?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the web-full-please-leave dept.

Moby Cock writes "The recent display of iLife '06 at Macworld showed that the suite has a very fine integration with .Mac, Apple's subscription-based web portal. In a recent post to his blog on ZDNet, Dan Farber argues that a .Mac subscription ought to be included with the purchase of an Apple computer. There is no doubt that web portals are huge revenue engines, could Apple be missing an opportunity here?"

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  1. No by Shakes268 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let them charge, they have a lot to make up for since giving all of those schools Mac computers in the 80's and 90's. The IPOD is giving them new life but they need all of the help they can get. Also, it just helps Microsoft the better Mac does - Microsoft investment dollars at work.