Today is the first day I've read through this thread. I've found it to be fun, especially the first post by beachycove, which if put in a single-page letter form in a magazine with an IBM stamp on it, it could be taken as an ad for IBM or IBM clones!
But it is this quote that made me think of Steve Jobs and "Apple pricing":
Beachy, we need you on AppleInsider forums and other Mac forums where we talk about the missing mid-range tower, disdain for glossy screens, and clone solutions (Psystar, EFI-X, etc.) spawned by Apple's disdain for any market segment that refuses to buy in to its existing Mini--iMac--Mac Pro lineup. It's amazing how many blind defenders of the status quo there are out there. And I say this as an Apple lover and owner of nothing but Apple Mac equipment since 1984. Indeed, I probably would have a 2009 iMac sitting on my desk right now if it weren't for that glossy screen (and to a lesser extend, that "chin"). Even so, my G4 Cube and 68k Macs continue to serve me well.
Thanks for the ad posting. It's really struck a chord in me as well.
But it is this quote that made me think of Steve Jobs and "Apple pricing":
For truly, Steve and other Apple execs recognized the same thing. They knew they had the best engineering out there, and charged as much as they could for it. I do not say this in defense of Apple. It's just fact.
Beachy, we need you on AppleInsider forums and other Mac forums where we talk about the missing mid-range tower, disdain for glossy screens, and clone solutions (Psystar, EFI-X, etc.) spawned by Apple's disdain for any market segment that refuses to buy in to its existing Mini--iMac--Mac Pro lineup. It's amazing how many blind defenders of the status quo there are out there. And I say this as an Apple lover and owner of nothing but Apple Mac equipment since 1984. Indeed, I probably would have a 2009 iMac sitting on my desk right now if it weren't for that glossy screen (and to a lesser extend, that "chin"). Even so, my G4 Cube and 68k Macs continue to serve me well.
Thanks for the ad posting. It's really struck a chord in me as well.