Comments on: Apple, why do you do everything you can to keep me from buying another Mac? http://mattwilson.org/blog/technology/apple-why-do-your-machines-suck/ The web site of Matthew R. Wilson Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:08:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mwilson http://mattwilson.org/blog/technology/apple-why-do-your-machines-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-4088 mwilson Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:36:32 +0000 http://mattwilson.org/?p=31#comment-4088 Yeah, I suppose they figure they'll make more money off of people who do end up buying Mac Pros than they'll lose from people who just decide not to buy anything. Still, it's annoying! I did briefly consider looking at the OSx86 route, but I'd rather not spend a lot of time fighting my machine just to keep it working whenever Apple releases an update or comes up with new ways to lock it to their hardware. Yeah, I suppose they figure they’ll make more money off of people who do end up buying Mac Pros than they’ll lose from people who just decide not to buy anything. Still, it’s annoying!

I did briefly consider looking at the OSx86 route, but I’d rather not spend a lot of time fighting my machine just to keep it working whenever Apple releases an update or comes up with new ways to lock it to their hardware.

]]> By: Aaron Eiche http://mattwilson.org/blog/technology/apple-why-do-your-machines-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-4079 Aaron Eiche Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:21:25 +0000 http://mattwilson.org/?p=31#comment-4079 I'm currently running 2GB on my 2008 iMac. It doesn't perform the best it could of course, but it meets all of my needs more or less. Ultimately, the answer to your question is about opportunity. Apple knows that if it's REALLY important to you, you'll get the Mac Pro and spend lots with them, otherwise you're going with a consumer machine and they don't care because you're not a user that needs that much flexibility. I'm pretty sure I'd jump on a mid-range tower. Apple knows there would be a market for that machine, but it would come at the cost of a lot of sales on the High-end Mac Pro. You clearly don't mind getting your hands dirty, why not go the OSx86 route? I’m currently running 2GB on my 2008 iMac. It doesn’t perform the best it could of course, but it meets all of my needs more or less.

Ultimately, the answer to your question is about opportunity. Apple knows that if it’s REALLY important to you, you’ll get the Mac Pro and spend lots with them, otherwise you’re going with a consumer machine and they don’t care because you’re not a user that needs that much flexibility.

I’m pretty sure I’d jump on a mid-range tower. Apple knows there would be a market for that machine, but it would come at the cost of a lot of sales on the High-end Mac Pro.

You clearly don’t mind getting your hands dirty, why not go the OSx86 route?

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