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Re: How to avoid the Apple tax?
From: Derek Broughton <news(at)pointerstop.ca>
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 19:35:18 EDT
>
> It hasn't changed. Apple, now and before the platform switch, puts
> commodity parts in a proprietary case just like Dell. What is odd is
> people call Apple a "manufacturer" while calling Dell a "system
> builder", go figure.
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 19:35:18 EDT
Brad Johnson wrote:
>
>> Excuse me, the only falsehoods here are from people who know nothing >> about >> law or manufacturing. Apple is _still_ a hardware maker. How has their >> status as a manufacturer changed by moving from a Motorola based platform >> to an Intel one?
>
> It hasn't changed. Apple, now and before the platform switch, puts
> commodity parts in a proprietary case just like Dell. What is odd is
> people call Apple a "manufacturer" while calling Dell a "system
> builder", go figure.
LOL. After posting that, I thought I should have said "just as Dell is a manufacturer" :-) It's entirely possible that neither one of them ever puts together a single machine in their own plants, but imo that doesn't prevent them being considered manufacturers.
-- derek -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-usersReceived on Sat Sep 1 09:20:46 2007
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