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| by Stan Beer | |
| Tuesday, 15 April 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 Would Apple selling Mac OS X to PC users cannibalise Mac
sales? Probably - but not as much as some may think. Part of the
attraction of owning a Mac is the experience and the elegance of the
hardware – software combination. Everything works together seamlessly
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In the final analysis, the options for Apple are fairly clear. Apple can fight tooth and nail to keep its exclusive franchise on Mac OS X and watch as more Psystars spring up throughout the world and Mac clones start appearing in little stores and market stalls of Asia, Eastern Europe, South America and elsewhere. Or Apple can accept the fact that it has the best personal computing operating system in the world which has outgrown its limited range of premium priced hardware. Apple may still feel that it doesn’t have to choose to offer Mac OS X to the world. However, it may find that a worse option is letting software pirates make the choice instead. |
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