On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/06/2011 06:11 PM, TeoZ wrote:
Sure we need more people to design locked in closed
overpriced platforms
you cannot service. People here complain about Intel/Microsoft but I
think Jobs was 100 time worse in his my way or the highway approach to
computing.
Most people who eat at McDonald's frequently would call a $75 dinner
at a high-end steak house to be "overpriced".
Just sayin'..
Yea, few people can sell a McDonalds double cheeseburger with an Apple
logo on it in a pretty box for $75 and call it a steak.
Yes, lots of people think a MacBook is the same as, say, the average Dell.
Their song changes very abruptly when they actually handle one. ;)
Now if they'd just make a MacBook with buckling spring keys.. :)
g.
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