Of course, this system is not a monopoly, right? /s
We should all go back to the abacus. In between doing sums we should be able to get some sort of a version of Pong going!
/mark
Microsoft Windows Vista has a POS Tax
There is some validity to the underlying claim. I recently got a Macbook and wanted to disable the mouse acceleration which I found annoying. The OS didn’t offer the functionality, so the option was to buy a third party app to do it. Small example of the apple tax right there.
Yeah, Mac’s are more expensive. Everyone knows that fact but it’s not a tax. A tax is something you pay to the government.
More silliness from the company that has 92% of the PC OS market. Why does Microsoft care about Apple? Apple is no threat to Microsoft’s dominance and won’t be for the foreseeable future. Besides, you can run Windows on a Mac now. Maybe Microsoft should push that angle. And oh yeah, build a better version of Windows.
Make good products and you won’t have to worry about Apple.
While some have Vista working fine, many more don’t.
Explorer 7.0 is unusable due to the layout. Why would the refresh button be located across the screen from the other stuff without the ability to customize?
Office 2007 has no ability to switch to a classic view. Simple thing yet left out.
Somebody is asleep at the wheel.
Once you go MAC, you never go back!
I am as conservative as anyone and we have run macs for years. This article is bunk! it cost me $9.99 after rebates for Parellels that allows me to run any Windows application and that included a copy of XP! I’m not even familiar with any colors that Apple is offering now, that stopped with the older iMacs and never cost extra though some colors had a waiting list. IMHO just another article to scare people back to what they know and just a bunch of BS!
idiots-since when did the free-market=taxes..? MS you are not the Fed Gov, and you certainly are not “God”.
We also have BHO labling welfare “tax-cuts” as well..only his welfare will only cause more inflation, and a weaking of the dollar (that’s what he won’t tell you!).
Apple should counter with a BSOD tax.
Microsnot taxed my patience until I downloaded Linux.
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I didn’t know Rush Limbaugh was a Democrat...huh, who would have known.
If Apple dropped all of their prices to undercut PCs right now, Microsoft would be sunk.
Huh? I don’t understand...
* Choice tax - you mean like the choice to move to VISTA and lose compatibility and all the other issues that have shown their ugly faces?
* Application tax - let me guess - fewer applications means that folks would be penalized? I haven’t noticed in the last 14 years me paying a price there...
* Technology tax - Yeah, right - Apple is far superior to the Windows world in technology and its implementation in nearly every area. And the integration is what helps bring stability.
* Upgrade tax- Like the hardware upgrades to get VISTA to work right? Or the software upgrades necessary to be compatible with VISTA? Or the need for many new drivers to work with VISTA (some companies still lagging on those drivers).
OR the perceived higher prices of a lot of Apple hardware? I paid $1800 for my Apple PowerMacintosh MDD Dual 1Ghz G4 that I have had for 6 years. It still plugs along - running everything I have needed. While I would love to upgrade, the budget just won’t fit it. It still compares favorably to much newer machines.
Hmmm... longevity. Biggest hardware issue I have had - had a hard drive die (and it wasn’t even the one that came in the computer, but one I had added myself).
So - while I paid more for the computer than I might have paid for a “comparable “ Windows PC at the time (although I doubt it would have been much - this machine was considered fairly high-end at the time) - I have not had to replace it, while everyone I know with windows PC’s have upgraded to new machines at least a time or two (and some 3-4) times.
And this one can run the latest OS from Apple - but I have chosen to stay with Tiger for the time being...
Microsoft has a “reboot tax.” I used to have to reboot three or four times a day. About four minutes per reboot. 250 work days per year, thats about 4,000 minutes per year (4x4x250). So, each year I spent a work week waiting for this thing to reboot.
@ about $45 per hour, that means my customers were paying me 66 hours x $45 = $3,000.
The fact that I dont reboot repeatedly now, the savings in virus software, and the general ease of use means that I have become more productive.
I love my mac and I am not an elitist a-hole.
I want a Microsoft $50.00 refund everytime I have to reboot.