James, What would stop anyone else from doing the same? What has made apple soo successful. I am also sure you also mean that iMacs, iTunes and Mac Book Pros are made from Opensource parts right? Kiania D On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:14 AM, James Nzomo <kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
Difference btw Benz/BMW & Apple is that the latter's products are not 90% FOSS rip-offs with reduced security.
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2011/11/16 Joram Mwinamo <joram.mwinamo@gmail.com>
Ive never heard anyone bash Mercedes Benz or BMW or Bentley for not having cheap cars........most of us drive toyotas and many of us are happy! But i dont mind the mercedes....showroom type....
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com>wrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Phares, I tend to disgaree with you on this point "the Mac was never designed for people in lower income countries". Was it then designed for the large middle income sector in the USA? So why would anyone even want to compare MAC and PC on the same level?
For purposes of illustration. The IDEOS was designed with Africa in mind (not brittle when dropped, can afford some basic spillage, great price point etc). The iPhone, not so much.
The 15" Macbook Pro costs more than average per capita GDP of a Kenyan... I highly doubt Jobs was thinking that someone would stay without food/clothing/shelter for one year to buy a MacBook Pro. Samsung on the other hand have developed a variety of Netbooks which are comparatively cheaper (at 300 USD). Just an illustration.
Apple don't have to have a unibody aluminum on all their laptops. They can have cheaper plastic notebooks. They choose not to...
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