In my opinion this is the only they can actually compete with MS on a major level.
If I no longer have to pick my computer based on hardware and software, and can buy whatever Hardware I want, then Apple becomes a more reasonable option for me. I'm still not a fan of the GUI, but it does become a more viable option. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Is Apple Hardware Or Software? (Was: Re: Anyone in San > Francisco???) > > > Jeff wrote: > > How can you be an elite hardware platform if you are using commodity > > I've always thought the strategy seemed to be the software - but > package it in a slick funky package. The thing with Apple products is > that you can only get the Apple Experience (software) if you buy their > platform. > > I would see step one of this idea as the UNIX grab: put a slick GUI on > top of a cheap OS. Switching to Intel would be the next: put the > cheap OS with a slick GUI onto cheap hardware. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159675 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
