Apple, 'The Other' Forbidden Fruit
Apple, 'The Other' Forbidden Fruit
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... Heh, apple shouldve done nothing other than hunt the leak.
If the corporate culture at Apple was 'truly' committed to (pardon the cliche) "'thinking outside of the box'" , it might have found a less traditional way to extort the source of the leak.
We can trust that since Apple is a corporate entity, like any other stock traded techno firm, it is populated by the same cookie cutter 'suits' that could sit in any other executive seat. 'Reptilian' thinking will seek the usual legal arm twisting and threaten a future life of eternal poverty, and a homeless death via tuberculosis and, or hypothermia.
Would we expect ANY other action by corporate divinities that have more 'legal' resources, and therefore MORE legal rights than the individual - air breathing - citizen?
There may be a way out for the 'freelance' journalist.
In our post industrial, television ethics, business politics , -- village --, image and perception, are more important than "reality".
If Apple's bean counters and market-eers divined, from their herbal tea leaves, that this legal action tarnished the "i-product' in the eyes of the stereotypical Mac bliss ninny,
then the legal dogs might furiously bark after the 'cat that is already out of the bag', and then go chase frisbees.
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Since the last days of the Amiga, I've had access to enough used PC and Mac hardware that I've dabbled in both. Have constructed more than several PC "houses of cards". Know too well the limits of the bargain beige Motorola. 020, 030 and 040, Mac's of old. As far as Dell, HP, AND Compaq go, expansion was usually impossible, unjustifiably expensive, or too time consuming to negotiate the MicroSoft factor. If I wanted to be held hostage by proprietary hardware, I would rather have a Mac.
Guess I'm just another one of those ""h-A-ters"".
During the last days of the Beige G3's, when OS 10 was possible, Apple had already gone to standard PC sources for hard drives and ram. USB and Firewire allowed access to more vendors of peripherals. Two monitors were never a problem. Common hardware has lowered the price of upgrading. On line outlets offer 'oem' versions of Mac OS 10 for any local used bargain, rescued from the digital equivalent of being rendered into glue.
It was my frustrating experience with the first beta of XP Pro that
decided that the laptop I wanted for my travels in 2003 would be a Mac.
Yes it was 'expensive', at least $500 more than a full featured PC laptop that had a DVD burner. The main selling point was it wasn't OS-ed by MicroSoft's latest "Beta", and I would be less likely to be trojan-ed or virus-ed.
I've never had to ""F-disk"', and have no idea if my system back up will ever be used.
Games? If you are not a snob about flaunting the latest fashion, AND PAYING for that privilege to mince out ""ASUS this ... and NVIDA that"". than
a cheap, and or, used PC will handle the best of , last year's, or the year before, must have title, hot from the bargain bin.
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""Apple"" products may be 'forbidden fruit' for many. When the used market, or new price point improves maybe some can consider as a second PC, 'a Mac'
as word processor work horse, and ''on line'' nag.
What would the knowledge of "good and evil" be worth without role playing the Old Bible's tale of bait and switch in the saga of FO?
FO and FO2 have been available for Mac OS 10 for years.
Can you say the same about your PS2 or Xbox?
Or, outside of the last minted by I-play, or an obscure, unofficial bundling, will FO/FO2 be available for the PC at any retail "point of sale"?
Funny, if the last 'Chosen One" to play FO, before that Apocalyptic "last call", will do it on a Mac.
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