Apple Continues to Fleece OSX Customers
$129 for OS X Jag-wire. Hee Hee, this is good. It is now obvious that the relation between Apple and its customers is a strong, healthy, one; based on love, mutual respect and lots of money changing hands :-). No other company imho has such a loyal user base so positively excited about being screwed over time and again. I had written once about the dangers of a hardware+software monopoly — I think I’ll continue to be a happy [WL][intel|amd] user for some time to come — A decent PC will set me back around $800, plus zero OS cost if I go with Linux; or $200 more for Windows XP Pro ($100 for XP Home). And I can live without buying an upgrade for years. Macs may look droolacious, but I think I’ll pass — give me the wider app base of a PC anyday.

