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**Oxzzlvpg** · 11-14-2007, 07:27 AM

Then on the flip side. You have one $129 choice, that does it all. [rofl]

I am sure if you are buying in bulk it is much cheaper, considering I bought 5 licenses of Leopard for $200.

There is a good reason for that. OS X only works on apple machines, therefore apple has already gotten money out of you. And since a copy of the current apple OS ships with every mac its not a stretch to see why they don't really care. OS X is basically subsidized.

Where as a PC can be built without MS having a single bit of revenue from it, so when they sell their OS they have to make money on it.

11-14-2007, 07:27 AM	#19
Oxzzlvpg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	Then on the flip side. You have one $129 choice, that does it all. [rofl] I am sure if you are buying in bulk it is much cheaper, considering I bought 5 licenses of Leopard for $200. There is a good reason for that. OS X only works on apple machines, therefore apple has already gotten money out of you. And since a copy of the current apple OS ships with every mac its not a stretch to see why they don't really care. OS X is basically subsidized. Where as a PC can be built without MS having a single bit of revenue from it, so when they sell their OS they have to make money on it.
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