Apple's stock is up how much from a year ago (I know it's not as much as it was but whatev's) Apple seems to do just fine paying itself. My point is, they are not giving away a copy of OS X on every Mac mini, just like Acer is not giving away a copy of Windows. I bet Acer's volume pricing deal with M$ puts the cost of windows in the same ball park as Apple charges for the "value added" by OS X to their computers. In fact, the cost is probably more per machine. That combined with the improved case, and the up charge for the exclusive ability to run OS X (easily) would help to justify the increased price of a given Mac when compared to a comparable PC. <br>
<br>The ratio [cost to develop Windows]/[# of number of windows PC's] vs [cost to develop Mac OS]/[# of Apple computers] must be in Microsoft's favor, given 90%ish market share they claim. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Feb 11, 2008 12:08 PM, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Josh White wrote:<br>> $100 for windows/$100 for Mac OS X....I don't think that explains it.<br><br></div>In the case of OSX it is Apple paying itself, with a PC it is Microsoft<br>charging a manufacturer.<br>
<br>A very different set of circumstances.<br><br>Dare I say it, you are comparing apples and rotten tomatoes.<br><br>beww<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br>
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