On 05/05/2015 12:59, whisky-dave wrote:


stop releasing security fixes

Like MS have with XP.

But they haven't.


release apps that use stuff in the new OS but not in yours ..

Maybe it's time to update your OS then, it's the persons choice. if
you want to use something youre old OS doesn't ssupport.

Well yes its easy on a PC but try that with Apple and they will refuse
to install the new OS on the grounds that you won't have a good
experience, which others have shown to be untrue in many cases.



MS disable some aspects of the software the day you purchase
it,

Which ones?

Then why have difernt versions if nothing is missing ?

You buy an OS and M$ do not disable anything. You know what you are
buying.

Most don;t as they buy from 3rd party's. Yopu usually buy oit with a
copy of windows, it's the same software as the pro windows but on the
hokme editions and education editions they remove certain things. On
the last one I came across is was teh abilitye to reisntall windows
on a new machine, because that wasnt; part of the home edition.


They don't disable anything, its a cheap OEM version that they get for a
reduced price because it is tied to that machine. If you buy a retail
version you can move it when you like.

Apple won't let you put their OS onto anything that isn't their hardware
even though it runs on PCs.


Old Apple copmputers tend to work far longer than others do,
which is one of teh reason Aplpe products keep thier valuse far
more than PCs do especially labtops.


Rubbish.
No it isn't people have to replace their PCs far more often than Mac
users do.

Old apple computers cost so much to replace people don't throw them
away like they do with windows PCs.

Thta's because they are still usable

So are the PCs.


You can get a perfectly good windows laptop for £150 or less so
people just treat them as disposable items.

Because they are.

And?

Apple gets *hardware* developed and sells it. (They don't
develop much hardware themselves.)

apart from some chips, such as the specail controller for
the retina displays. and a lopt of the ipad/iphone chips.

They don't develop hardware, they sub contract it out.

They do the A chips for the ipad and iphone they develop the chip
and get intel or someone to make it.

They didn't design the original Intel macs at all, Intel did
it.

Yes they did Intel designed the chips. The foirst imacs had PPC
chips intel didn't design those macs and niether did IBM.


Read what I said instead of making stuff up.

I did and you are wrong. Aple do their own hardware. That's why PC
companies play catchup with the ultrabook trying to copy the macbook
air. Lok at virtually every single PC laptop the vast majority are
trying to look like apple devices.

Intel have been driving Mac designs for a while now.
They also drive PCs to a lesser extent.

Its odd that many of the new PCs have touch screens and pen input unlike
the apple ones you think they are copying.
Apple even had to copy the idea for tablets from the PC world.
Come to think about it they copied mice (and got it wrong!), computers,
laptops, tablets, phones, watches, ..
Is there anything apple have done that someone else hadn't done first?