> ...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.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=7&subAreaID=&query=hackintosh&catAbbreviation=sss
Whole lotta hackintoshing going in LA per Craig’s list. Some are selling Mac clones a la Psystar
Dennis, Apple tolerates individual Hackintoshers, always has and always will.
And I think that's fine for individuals to experiment on their own machines/computers. If they like to do it and they want to fiddle with the code and twist their machine around in circles (LOL...), I would not begrudge them the fun of doing that.
But, the fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the consumer public doesn't want something you have to hack and fiddle with, but simply something that works and works insanely great... :-)
Also, Apple knows that a big corporation is not going to come inside someone's home and tell them what do to on their computer themselves (as in hacking your own machine). That would be stupid.
But, when someone turns that into a business and starts making money off what Apple has done (or any other corporation has done with their own copyrighted material and/or patents, licenses, plus riding on their trademarks) -- then they're gonna hear from Apple and their lawyers -- and rightfully so.
Hackintosh activity spotted on eBay too
I thought the Jesse Job’s gang was on the job! You snooze you lose....sales to clone makers and hackers
Heaven forfend!-—>>
Clone makers and hackintoshs on NYC Craig’s list
http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=3&subAreaID=&query=hackintosh&catAbbreviation=sss
Apples are for the masses and the jackasses.
This is why Apple will lose the clone wars
Because its stuff is too high priced
You in effect pay a hardware tax to the Jesse Jobs gang
You cannot stop diffusion of technology.
History proves this
Capitalism is controlled anarchy and Apple cannot control the anarchy it unleashed with its business model of skimming the cream off the top. This outdated model is doomed for an epic FAIL. The winners? The clone makers and it will start in foreign nations where Apple can't enforce jack. It will then spread from the periphery to the center where it will start with people "smuggling" in foreign made laptop (MacBook) clones then eventually people importing the same from abroad on an individual basis
There will be so many clone makers worldwide that there will be deadly clone wars called "Lord of the Clones" similar to "Lord of the Flies"