On 10/9/2012 1:18 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , ray
wrote:

Yeah, whatever. The point is that you don't have to run the MAC OS on
the MAC computer.

why buy a mac, if not to run mac os?

In this particular case, because the hardware (monitor in particular) is
reputed to be 'the best'.

windows apps aren't going to take advantage of the retina display, so
buying a macbook retina solely to install windows is actually stupid.

Windows 8 supports the retina display. Apps that support it are likely
to soon follow. But the reality is, that for now, you can run OS-X and a
photo app, while running other apps under Windows.

You'd be surprised how many people buy Mac hardware and run Windows on
it because they like the Apple hardware but need to run apps that aren't
available on OS-X. The extra cost of the Mac hardware is not an issue.
Apple could sell a lot more Macbooks if they made dual boot an
extra-cost option and they installed both OSes.

The Apple stores are a big advantage that drive Mac sales even to those
customers that will run Windows. My friend's Macbook had the infamous
screen separation problem, he brought it in, and they replaced it free,
even though it was out of warranty. They said that because it was a
design and manufacturing flaw, not anything he did to cause the problem,
they would take care of him. His daughter had the problem with the
Macbook power adapter, and even before the class action lawsuit where
Apple agreed to free replacements, they gave her a no-questions asked
free replacement because they were well aware of the problem. Apple was
fixing Macbooks for the Nvidia GPU problem even before the class-action
against all laptop makers using the Nvidia GPU with the thermal issues.
You don't get the same level of service from other PC makers that sell
at Fry's, Costco, and Best Buy.

I think it helps that Apple is such a high-profile company. Making
things right doesn't cost them much, does wonders for customer loyalty,
and gains them good publicity.