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.