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Leopard Vs. Vista

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-apple-wins dept.

Rockgod writes to point us to an ongoing series of articles, "Leopard vs. Vista," by Daniel Eran. The latest is part 4, Naked Sales, and it's a meditation on hardware without Windows, Apple's strategy of hardware-software integration, and the dissatisfactions that arise from the creative tension between Microsoft and hardware manufacturers. (The earlier articles in the series are linked form this one.) From the article: "The vast majority of PCs come with Windows pre-installed, and actually can't be sold without it. Leading PC hardware makers can't freely advertise PCs sold without Windows, or with an alternative OS such as Linux, without having to pay Microsoft significantly more for every other OEM license they ship. That's why all name brand PCs prominently repeat their own version of the cult-like phrase 'Dell recommends Windows XP Professional,' as if there were a choice in the matter and they thought it would be helpful to provide some guidance... Apple's current Get a Mac advertising campaign doesn't compare Mac OS X to Windows, it compares the complete experience of a Mac with that of a PC. After all, Windows is only half of what's wrong with the PC as a product."

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  1. For nerds at least by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's hard getting anything naked.

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    1. Re:For nerds at least by ameoba · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hard : You getting someone naked.
      Easy : Someone naked getting you hard.

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  2. Is It the Same Half That's Wrong With Apple Too? by MSTCrow5429 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "After all, Windows is only half of what's wrong with the PC as a product."

    After all, the hardware half of a Macintosh is just a PC.

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  3. Re:subject by Aeamarth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course they're not people, that would be silly!!

    My mac, on the other hand...

  4. Re:Hardware and software... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not all geeks are men.

  5. Re:"Macs aren't more expensive..[shipped] with an by toddestan · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a common misconception that Apple computers are more expensive than similarly priced computers from other Windows VAR's (Dell, HP, IBM, ect)

    Naw, really?

  6. Re:I'm not sure what you're getting at by dabraun · · Score: 2, Funny
    The instructions were rather humorous, because there were two steps for Windows users, and just one for Mac users. I simply plugged in the drive and it worked.


    As opposed to doing what on a PC?

    Mac:
    1) Plug it in and it works

    PC:
    1) Plug it in
    2) It works