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Apple Files Suit Against Psystar
Reader The other A.N. Other, among others, alerts us to the news that Apple has filed suit against Psystar, the unauthorized clonemaker. (We've been discussing Psystar from the start.) The suit alleges violation of Apple's shrink wrap license and trademarks, and also copyright infringement. News of the lawsuit, filed on July 3, first surfaced on a legal blog. There's speculation that the case has been sealed.
Wouldn't it be nice if they fought this? If they said, hey, we bought your software, we can install it on whatever we want. And then, in my imaginary world, a judge sees their point of view and rules that once you purchase a piece of software, it's yours to do with as you please.
This is definitely insightful. I would love to be able to purchase a commercial application, come home and throw it in the cd duplcator, spit out thousands of copies and sell them at discounted prices.
It's mine because I bought it and can do what I want with it, right?
So why don't they then?
Because Steve is a control freak who likes selling a boutique all-in-one unit that he has total control over. The fact that he would make more money or have a far greater marketshare is less important than the fact he has total control.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
I fully agree with the above above poster. Rate of failure seems higher to me too from personal experience. . And I trust that more than independent studies that are not done over long period of time.
Sorry, but Consumer Reports has a larger sample size tested over a longer period than you do I bet. They've been evaluating Apple systems alongside other vendors for a decade at least and Apple has consistently been at the top of the heap for low failure rates. Personally, I've had more Apple machines die on me than IBM, but when you look at the last company I worked for (a couple hundred of each) it goes the other way by quite a bit.
You can post all the anecdotes you want, but find me a real, professional study with a good sample size like those published by Consumer Reports to back up your opinion if you want me to take it seriously. I paid for the Consumer Reports study and our IT dept. paid for several other evaluations over the years. They were largely in agreement. I haven't seen even one that puts Dell above Apple for hardware reliability, even for laptops in the last year (Dell's strongest category).