No, the big advantage Apple has is that it creates the hardware and the OS (and for that matter, the software that runs on it). THAT is why it runs together so beautifully. Besides the fact that Apple is the leader in innovative products when it comes to technology. Heck, Windows XP users are all excited about *new* features that have been in Macs for years.
“Apple has resumed its role as industry trendsetter” Reflecting on 10 years of writing about Personal Technology for the Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg observes, “Nearly all of the sex appeal, nearly all of the design innovation, in PCs is back at Apple, which has reawakened since the return of founder Steve Jobs four years ago, when the company was near bankruptcy. While it has only a sliver of the overall market, Apple has resumed its role as industry trendsetter. In recent years, it was the first to push easy wireless networking, video editing and DVD recording. This week, it introduced a cool, portable digital-music player, the first in what I expect will be a whole line of hand-held digital devices.” [Oct 25]
Cheers, CC :)
No, the "big advantage" Apple has is that when it bundles, it's "innovation", and when MS bundles, it's "monopoly".
Well, at least that was the big advantage for eight long, painful years. We'll see how much of an advantage it is now that the adults are running the country again.