Agreed. Apple's are FAR from generic white boxes. They are HIGHLY optimized, extremely efficient architectures.
On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > It's not whitebox, it's branded, that brand is Apple. When I > purched my MBPro, I spec'ed similary equipped notebooks from HP, > Dell and Lenovo. Apple was more expensive than some, less than > others, and I had the option of running a true UNIX as was mentioned > earlier. > > Apple is a Tier 1 manufacturer just as HP, Dell and Lenovo are. > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, <michael.le...@pha.phila.gov> wrote: > > "Joseph L. Casale" <jcas...@activenetwerx.com> wrote on 12/17/2008 > 11:13:17 AM: > > > > >Yes, but Apple is all about total control - if you limit the OS to > > only running hardware you produce, then you absolutely know that it > > is *guaranteed* to work with any hardware your customer owns, and > > > you can spend your software time and resources in other directions, > > rather than finding ways to make it run on any hardware ever > > invented (which is part of MS's problem). > > > > > >That's the theory, as I see it, anyway. > > > This was exactly my point in the old justification towards the > > expense of the platform. > > Sorry; I haven't been following the whole thread ... > > > Now its whitebox intel run-of-the mill stuff? Does this _still_ > apply? > > It does if they say so. :-) > > > > > > > > > > Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com er...@forestpost.com 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
