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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
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Whisky-dave wrote: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61443795 Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy"strikes again
On 14/08/2018 09:57, nospam wrote:
In article , Whisky-dave wrote: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61443795 Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? -- Cheers, Rob |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
In article , RJH wrote:
Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy"strikes again
On 14/08/2018 17:08, nospam wrote:
In article , RJH wrote: Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. -- Cheers, Rob |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy" strikes again
In article , RJH wrote:
Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. they are free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. you thought wrong. macs and iphones are competitively priced, often cheaper than the alternatives. also, pcs didn't go up in price with windows 10 updates being free. |
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Tiresomely. Windows might go the way of PS. The "rental economy"strikes again
On 14/08/2018 18:35, nospam wrote:
In article , RJH wrote: Not really suprising as adobe have gone this way and essentailly Apple have too you buy the device and get **free updates** for the 'life' of the product which is one reason why Apple devices are a bit more expensive to buy. nonsense. the price of apple products has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with updates and are comparable to prices of similar competing products, plus android and windows also have free updates, for devices that often cost *more*. I'm not sure if this is the point that either of you are making/disputing, but doesn't Apple provide some quite decent software - Pages, Garageband, Keynote and so on - that you don't get with Windows? yep, also for free. Well, I'd have to agree with Dave on this - it's not free. they are free. If Apple didn't provide the software, then I'd have thought their computers would be cheaper. you thought wrong. I thought differently :-) I think it's a culture thing. I have a group of friends who constantly celebrate 'freebies'. We go to pubs where they claim they get a 'free pint' if they buy 4. It's not free. They had to buy 4 to get it. And then add insult because they didn't want 5 in the first place. But somehow manage to cram it in ;-) Same as the BOGOF syndrome - with a similar (if more benign) waste dimension. I wonder how many people actually use Mac WP etc software? Somebody, somewhere, pays. It is not free. If you want to think the software's free, be my guest. But you'd be wrong :-) -- Cheers, Rob |
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