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Originally Posted by Apache
If Apple had licensed other companies to manufacture the hardware they could have concentrated on the OS and other software. Competition would have lowered the price of Apple computers as it did with the PC. They would still have had to have the Apple OS. This would have made Apple computers more competitive with the PC and it might even had been possible that Apple would be dominating the Personal Computer Market today. This business model is what made Bill Gates the richest man in the world. Instead their market share kept shrinking until they were hurting. If not for the iPod and iPhone, Apple may easily have gone under in the current economic climate. And I still see Apple continuing with the same business model today.
Apache
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And then we'd have piles of assorted hardware and incompatible pieces just like the PC model... Apple keep things simple for a customer base that just like things to work and generally they manage it... there's a premium charged for this and if you don't like that then stick with the PC - it's not like there isn't a choice available but controlling the hardware and OS works just fine - and I use PC, Mac, Linux and Android but when I hava a choice I usually prefer to use the iMac/iPad because I can ignore them and get on with the task I want to accomplish...
