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> I guess Apple doesn't care about the person who already has OS X and
> decides to buy new hardware. Not much different from M$ in that
> respect. Why are Linux users who hate the M$ Tax willing to quietly pay
> the Apple Tax?
Because OS X is a pretty nifty BSD UNIX variant. Windows is just dumb and
not interesting.
"The computer is not an operating system" is unfortunately not part of
mainstream consumer consciousness. Hopefully in time this will change.
Cheers,
-zeek
Sparklehouse Technologies
http://sparklehouse.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 4:16 PM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Without OS X
>
>
> I guess Apple doesn't care about the person who already has OS X and
> decides to buy new hardware. Not much different from M$ in that
> respect. Why are Linux users who hate the M$ Tax willing to quietly pay
> the Apple Tax?
>
> Christian Hedemark wrote:
>
> >Not anymore. You used to get (when I got mine last year) OS X
> >preloaded, OS 9 on a CD, and a choice to blow OS X away if you wanted
> >to.
> >
> >If you're just talking about buying Apple hardware without paying the
> >"Apple Tax" for the OS, you're kidding yourself; Apple's pitch is all
> >about selling one integrated product (as opposed to a patchwork of
> >hardware & software like we've been accustomed to in PC-land).
> >
> >
> >
> >>Is it possible to buy a Mac laptop without OS X?
> >>
> >>
>
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