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Apple can try to break a butterfly on a wheel but there are hundreds of incipient clone makers waiting in the wings. Apple is a victim of its own success. The more demand for Apple machines....The more demand for the cheaper and better (in some cases) clones and hackintoshes. My local Craig’s list abounds with bush league clone makers

So score one Pyrrhic victory for the Job’s gang

Now that we’ve had your post for comic relief, we move on to the discussion of success having many fathers and a whole lot of copycats... LOL...

Isn’t it great that Apple is so successful with their products and their “bottom-line” — even during this “Great Depression/Recession (whichever way you put it...)... :-)

Dennis, Apple tolerates individual Hackintoshers, always has and always will. They only went after Psystar because the clowns got big enough, and arrogant enough, to publicly stick their finger in Apple's eye. Stupid move. Their shadow investors should have been less eager, perhaps. Anyway...

> ...there are hundreds of incipient clone makers waiting in the wings....My local Craig’s list abounds with bush league clone makers...

Really? Mine isn't. Individuals, a few. Small companies? None. So, sorry, I don't believe you. Please identify, oh, half a dozen of the small companies you see on your local Craigslist who are manufacturing and selling Hackintoshes. Should be easy, since there are "hundreds" -- so please choose six and post their Cragslist URL. I'm sure there are plenty of FReepers who would appreciate the tip.

> Apple is a victim of its own success. The more demand for Apple machines....

"Victim"? I'd say they're doing just fine.

Again with your "marketshare is everything" mantra. When will you get it through your head that Apple's VERY SUCCESSFUL business model is based on being a niche vendor??? If Apple ever reached 25% marketshare they would have to stop being Apple -- they'd become just another PC vendor, suffering along with crappy margins. They're not that stupid.