I love this from @Philip. :-)))) Pls find inline: On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
@Aki,
I am not sure what you have against Apple and MAC.
When compared on a computing level, why am I unable to use the MAC OS on a machine of my choice? Are you now well informed.
You talk about how Mac is targeted for the US market and how we in Africa can't access them and their services like iTunes and iMovies, yet most of Apple sales now come from oversees markets. And I know quite a large number of people in Africa who use these service. Many design house in Africa use Macs to their production, and many music producers use Macs.
Really, out of the total number of tracks on iTunes, what % is from Africa?
There are many Africa artists in the iTunes Store, like our very own Hellon, but also others like DBanj, Samba Mapangala and any many other. If artists are not in the store, it is not the fault of Apple but their managers and products. In the contrart, iTunes has expanded the markets for these African artist far and beyond Africa, and myself I have purchased several tracks of African music from iTunes, something no other service can do. Even locally it is hard to get genuine African content that is not pirated. Just walk along Nairobi or any large malls and you will see the amount of pirate musics, TV shows and movies on sale.
And Macs are not expensive, for the kind of computing power the offer. I am sure your HP Envy will cost more than a 13" MacBook Pro.
I'll repeat this again. I can do WHATSOEVER I choose with my HP Envy including install Open Source. Will the Open SOurce work on a MAC?
And it wasn't Microsoft that made computing to the masses affordable alone. My first computer to use was an Apple II E, so your argument about the storied history of computing does not hold water. Both Microsoft and Apple have contributed in equal terms to the computing revolution.
Your first computer was a type writer or a word processor unit that looked like a computer. Some of us got the chance to use the real frist release of the PC platform and did plenty with it, including learning plenty too. So what did your WordProcessor do for you?
You may also not believe this, but Mac software is way far much cheaper than Windows. OS X Lion cost around 30 USD, while a Windows 7 Profession would cost around USD 399 or so. The productivity platform of Windows, Office 2007 or 2010 would cost around USD 499, while iWork Suite costs only around USD 9.99 for each for Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
Please tell me how to get OSX LION working straight out of the DVD/CD box on a PC based netbook??
The Apple APP store has also revolutionize the way applications are distributed, marketed and managed. Many developers now have access to millions of customers due to the Apple Store, something that could not happen under Windows. And now everyone, including the upcoming version of Windows called Windows 8 has copied this mode. I hope you will not credit Bill Gates and Microsoft for this.
I am a heavy user of both Windows and OS X, so I have nothing about MSFT, but something I think you are taking everything out of context.
Adios.
It may seem revolutionay to you, i.e the online systems but can you please explain to the user in rural kenya why they are paying so much for something they have no interest in? Rgds.