Comments on: You say "Apple", I hear "control"

By: STanda

STanda — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:48:00 +0000

On the choice subject... perhaps Mr. Smith conveyed Apple this message. To me Linux has too much choice in some aspects which, as it turns out according to the presentation, discourages some people from using it.

This is where as Linux and MS Windows user I am saying well done to Apple and Microsoft (at least in the desktop area).

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:30:00 +0000

Wall Street Journal did not give Ubuntu the best review for folks that don’t know technology like Roman Stanek does!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118963540721725614.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_marketplace

By: Kris Tuttle

Kris Tuttle — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:46:00 +0000

Apple is very lucky. They can get away with some bad attitudes thanks to how horrible the competition is. Things like power supplies that pop and force you to go spend almost $100 a few times are minor but still frustrating. Expecially since they refuse to acknowledge the problem which is well documented in a number of forums.

I priced out a Dell today which came to about $800 versus the $1800 I just paid for a near-equivalent iMac and the $2500 the same would cost in the form of a MacBook Pro. I just can't stand to have a Dell running Vista unless it is actually free.

Ubuntu is certainly worth a try but the reality is Apple has the pleasure of demand exceeding supply and extracting high margins without always putting the customer first.

By: stefan

stefan — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:04:00 +0000

That Lessig remark obviously was a compliment