To people who are daft enough not to realize they are not capable or have the application to allow them to surf the web, no flash? No multitasking, the list goes on and on.
The lock in must make Good Olde Bill wonder what he did wrong. Come on even Microshaft never locked you into the MS doctrine so tight as the liver abuser that is Jobs.
I am not an Apple hater but this business practice is bad for growth and development, also there is never a true showing of 'FUTURE' products from Apple (except the iPhone), all other products where out already, Apple just puts them in a shiny case and charges you 40-60% more to honour the precious. I never liked the iPod as I like a keyboard, not a scroll touchpad thing, and I like a 'STOP' button. I also like to replace my batteries, have expansion slots, better sound quality, doesn't break if you forget to eject from iTunes. In other words something more robust and can be used without any software what so ever. Oh! Like the Zen X-Fi.
Apple can keep doing their thing, but to any serious user of a computer they are lacking in so many ways, and are still at 10% market share just like Linux. If I was an Apple user I would seriously look into Linux and the choice of software, OS, hardware is unbeatable on a PC, much the same as Microsoft.
Take care all.
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