So what? The actual reason is besides the point. Fact is you don't get those apps with the WIN OS and you do in OSX--& point I made is valid--they add hundreds of dollars in value to any Apple purchased. Something the average consumer seems to overlook. To try to get equivalent apps in Windows you have to shell out big bucks or go far largely inferior free or shareware, or simply steal it off a bittorent or whatever. Even if you did get those apps they doubtful would be anywhere is good as Apples are anyway.
Besides Microsoft has no one to whine to about monopolistic practices --it has succeeded precisely because it is a De facto monopoly with its leveraged stranglehold on WIN/DOS. These monopolistic practices over the last 15 years have so locked the average user into Windows they are scared to even so much as look at other options out there.
As an aside it seems like Microsoft is going to put a photo app in Longhorn anyway. So counting Media Player, the new tied in music service, and others, so much for Gates not wanting to be hit with more Anti trust lawsuits. Bet Adobe Photoshop Elements and JASC/Corel are just thrilled.
You don't need any upgrade cause the OS works fine out the box.
If you do pay for an upgrade it's a major release with plenty of useable new features, not a 5 year late new bug ridden release that causes more problems than the former bug ridden version does. Or a buggy resource sucking anti-spam/ anti-virus blocker that Adds NO value to your computing experience except to keep the hounds at bay.
More importantly you also get a wealth of built in, iLife APPLICATIONS, which are what you have the computer for in the first place (Not an OS, but the apps that run on it). Most people seem to miss the extra value Macs offer by not understanding the added value they get with having all your digital needs meet for free-- iPhoto, iMovie, IDvd, iWeb, Front Row, iMail, iCal, iTunes, quicktime, photobooth, Spotlight, Automator, Bluetooth, etc, etc., included with Mac OS, all tighly intergated with each other and moreover, tighly integrated with Mac OSX.
You don't get anything near the quality and useability of those apps on a Dell or IBM or any XP box, you have to pay extra for it.
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So what? The actual reason is besides the point. Fact is you don't get those apps with the WIN OS and you do in OSX--& point I made is valid--they add hundreds of dollars in value to any Apple purchased. Something the average consumer seems to overlook. To try to get equivalent apps in Windows you have to shell out big bucks or go far largely inferior free or shareware, or simply steal it off a bittorent or whatever. Even if you did get those apps they doubtful would be anywhere is good as Apples are anyway. Besides Microsoft has no one to whine to about monopolistic practices --it has succeeded precisely because it is a De facto monopoly with its leveraged stranglehold on WIN/DOS. These monopolistic practices over the last 15 years have so locked the average user into Windows they are scared to even so much as look at other options out there. As an aside it seems like Microsoft is going to put a photo app in Longhorn anyway. So counting Media Player, the new tied in music service, and others, so much for Gates not wanting to be hit with more Anti trust lawsuits. Bet Adobe Photoshop Elements and JASC/Corel are just thrilled.
You don't need any upgrade cause the OS works fine out the box. If you do pay for an upgrade it's a major release with plenty of useable new features, not a 5 year late new bug ridden release that causes more problems than the former bug ridden version does. Or a buggy resource sucking anti-spam/ anti-virus blocker that Adds NO value to your computing experience except to keep the hounds at bay. More importantly you also get a wealth of built in, iLife APPLICATIONS, which are what you have the computer for in the first place (Not an OS, but the apps that run on it). Most people seem to miss the extra value Macs offer by not understanding the added value they get with having all your digital needs meet for free-- iPhoto, iMovie, IDvd, iWeb, Front Row, iMail, iCal, iTunes, quicktime, photobooth, Spotlight, Automator, Bluetooth, etc, etc., included with Mac OS, all tighly intergated with each other and moreover, tighly integrated with Mac OSX. You don't get anything near the quality and useability of those apps on a Dell or IBM or any XP box, you have to pay extra for it.