Comments on: Is Apple Proprietary?

By: jiMMy

jiMMy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:03:26 +0000

before buying mac, consider this. today, it is possible to install a full-blown windows os on a mac via bootcamp. however, you must realize that your videocard/keyboard/mouse are not the same as those on a generic pc.

if they are, how come you can’t download/install off-the-shelf drivers directly from nvidia/ati site on your freshly-installed windows os. instead you have to rely on apple to provide drivers for them which may be several releases behind those from nvidia/ati site.

what guarantee do we have that apple will continue to provide frequent driver releases for their rival’s os to fix bugs in the latest games?

will apple continue to support these drivers should a future service-pack break certain driver compatibility?

will apple continue to show interest in supporting osx/windows or is it a marketing ploy to get users to buy their hardware?

will linux install as easily?

what guarantee do we have that apple will continue to provide drivers for their rival’s future windows releases like windows 7?

or do you need to buy a newer apple hardware to get newer version of osx/bootcamp/drivers to install newer window releases?

with generic pc, your slightly older hardware will always have an upgrade path if you are short on $.

in short, anytime apple decides to pull the plug on supporting their rival’s os for whatever reasons, you will end up with an expensive paperweight because your favourite apps/games on windows won’t run because of newer service-pack/drivers combination.

if you wanna buy mac, buy it solely to enjoy the beautiful osx and be content with using it for daily surfing, listening to music & watching video. just don’t buy it thinking you purchased a generic hardware like a pc to play games casually. it may never last, those good times. only future will tell…

By: Justin L

Justin L — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:07:52 +0000

what’s good for the goose is good for the gander: it’s inherently fallacious to suggest that proprietary designs are a horrible act of anti-competitive consumer shackling when it’s anyone but apple, and a wonderful feat of ensured compatibility when it’s apple.

the slogan that eliminating competition reduces the risk of compatibility issues would work everywhere. microsoft’s efforts to keep competitors out of its “ecosystem” are just as speciously pro-user in that it keeps out potentially incompatible third party components.

what it really boils down to is that apple wants computer sales, and they tie as many products to their computers (often indirectly via osx) as possible. it is exactly the same as microsoft’s efforts to shackle functionality to windows whenever possible, except that windows users tend to acknowledge the problem, rather than distorting the truth.

By: Apple posts - The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News.com

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:58:17 +0000

[...] Let’s face it: Apple is every bit as proprietary as Microsoft. More so, in fact. Apple takes secrecy to new levels. It prefers to build everything itself and maintains a closed, tightly integrated ecosystem. [...]

By: Freeman

Freeman — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:57:53 +0000

remember some parts of a apple computer are made and manufactured by apple. yes there are som parts that are made by other campanies but some are custum made to the apple computer. I.E. the macbook Air is the only subnotebook to have a intel core 2 cpu the size of a nickle. and also the hardware of the mac is best utilised for mac OSX.

By: eidorian

eidorian — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:31:25 +0000

For the love of god, people have to realize that Apple’s controlled ecosystem (development of hardware and software) offers a richness unseen on the Windows platform. Apple machines are now value packed and more flexible than Windows-based machines.

By: foxtrot_MGS

foxtrot_MGS — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:51:56 +0000

I’ve thought about this as well. The idea of having OSX on a PC gets me excited. I’ve heard about friends doing it, according to him you need some specific hard ware and a dual core processor. I don’t think apple would ever officially release a OS for windows though. Just think about how many Mac computers can’t easily be opened for hard ware upgrading by the owner. Apple doesn’t want you using all these different hard ware parts, that’s not how Steve Jobs “rolls.” Apple wants you to use their stuff, their apps and, their products.

By: edavidburg

edavidburg — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:03:29 +0000

Apple only has one chip in the computer which could be considered “proprietary.” There’s a “Trusted Platform Module” on the motherboard whose presence is necessary for OSX to allow itself to install.

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money news blog - Just another WordPress weblog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

shut, tightly integrated ecosystem. And yet many of us, myself included, regularly deride Microsoft, not Apple, for being proprietary … Source:The Open Road Share This Share This