Comments on: Mapple http://blowingoutlanterns.com/archives/452/mapple Apophenia isn't just a mindset, its a way of life Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Etruscan http://blowingoutlanterns.com/archives/452/mapple/comment-page-1#comment-200 Etruscan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:49:17 +0000 http://blowingoutlanterns.com/?p=452#comment-200 Hmmm...Prices on a Hackintosh these days? heh. Hmmm…Prices on a Hackintosh these days? heh.

]]> By: Nekogirl http://blowingoutlanterns.com/archives/452/mapple/comment-page-1#comment-198 Nekogirl Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:53:26 +0000 http://blowingoutlanterns.com/?p=452#comment-198 You are buying the brand name...branding is what people are obsessed about, it's all I hear these days when it comes to business models. Etruscan- You bring up really valuable points regarding the different business models. I suppose our generation understands this but the up and coming generation does not. We remember when "the old days" when Silicon Valley was the Dot.com home and graphic artists and 'creative' persons were the ones known to own/buy Macs, not the everyday joe. That has changed and I'm curious what really brought about the trend of buying a Mac? You wonder if the defensiveness comes from the amount of money spent on the Mac, almost to justify the higher $$ tag... I use to want a Mac until I really dug into that 'want' and figured out what it was that I was really 'wanting'...it turned out to be the programs and the brand name, shallow yes, but it comes from all the cultural plugging. You are buying the brand name…branding is what people are obsessed about, it’s all I hear these days when it comes to business models.

Etruscan- You bring up really valuable points regarding the different business models. I suppose our generation understands this but the up and coming generation does not. We remember when “the old days” when Silicon Valley was the Dot.com home and graphic artists and ‘creative’ persons were the ones known to own/buy Macs, not the everyday joe. That has changed and I’m curious what really brought about the trend of buying a Mac? You wonder if the defensiveness comes from the amount of money spent on the Mac, almost to justify the higher $$ tag…

I use to want a Mac until I really dug into that ‘want’ and figured out what it was that I was really ‘wanting’…it turned out to be the programs and the brand name, shallow yes, but it comes from all the cultural plugging.

]]> By: Gestalt http://blowingoutlanterns.com/archives/452/mapple/comment-page-1#comment-197 Gestalt Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:37:26 +0000 http://blowingoutlanterns.com/?p=452#comment-197 The differences between these two computers is getting smaller and smaller every year. Traditionally Mac has been a hardware producer that maintains it's marketing integrity by running exclusively their OS. Windows it just an operating system that be run on all sorts of hardware. Now a days Mac is using PC parts in their computers and not developing anything that is essentially Mac exclusive, not to mention you can now run Windows on a Mac. Since the guts aren't all that different, you can now build your own Mac for a third of the cost and run OSX on it. The only thing you don't get is the shiny white packaging and membership to the Mac cult. So what are you really buying? The differences between these two computers is getting smaller and smaller every year. Traditionally Mac has been a hardware producer that maintains it’s marketing integrity by running exclusively their OS. Windows it just an operating system that be run on all sorts of hardware. Now a days Mac is using PC parts in their computers and not developing anything that is essentially Mac exclusive, not to mention you can now run Windows on a Mac. Since the guts aren’t all that different, you can now build your own Mac for a third of the cost and run OSX on it. The only thing you don’t get is the shiny white packaging and membership to the Mac cult. So what are you really buying?

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