Comments on: Apple and Microsoft: The Difference in OS Sales Models http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/ Sat, 26 May 2012 15:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Abhi http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337482 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:31:39 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337482 Hi, In short please suggest me if some one or me send some data to microsoft system it can excuatable or not may .doc/.xlsx/.ppt/.jpeg/.jpg/etc

]]> By: » give us this day our daily kool-aid i drank the kool-aid: clutching my dixie cup of apple goodness http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337481 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:48:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337481 [...] A fair *grumble* comparison on the OS sales models of Apple and Microsoft and how they might both be… [...]

]]> By: Jared http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337472 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:19:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337472 @Partners in Grime

You misunderstood the whole article. There is no way to purchase a “new” version of Snow Leopard. You either buy the “upgrade” box (upgrading a Mac from Tiger, Leopard, etc.) or you buy a new Mac with Snow Leopard pre-installed. Apple does not license OS X any other way. Unless you break the EULA and install the “upgrade” on a non-Mac I defy you to get a “new” version of Snow Leopard.

The Vista “upgrades” Tom wrote of were from lesser versions of Windows, such as XP to Vista, paralleling an upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

]]> By: Jared http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337471 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:14:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337471 You forgot to take into account the fact that most of Microsoft’s OS revenues come from pre-installing Windows (OEM version) on hardware and passing the cost on to consumers, making it appear free (and making it very difficult or desirable for hardware manufacturers to break the status quo and differentiate with a different OS). The monopolistic tie of all the major hardware manufacturers to Microsoft is the core of their business model; the retail boxes are just gravy.

Your comparison of multiple editions of Vista to Apple’s Mac model lineup, both for purposes of price discrimination, was very enlightening. On the OEM side, Microsoft probably does this too. The hardware manufacturers such as Dell probably like this too because they can increase their margins by giving users optional Vista edition upgrades and overcharge for them.

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337468 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:00:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337468 Snow Leopard will be a new version and an upgrade.

]]> By: dan Scanlan http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337480 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:53:44 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337480 Don’t know much about PCs, except that I find the terminology confusing. Apple’s terminology makes sense to me: System, version, update. On one computer I’m running System 10, version 5, update 6, i.e., 10.5.6. System 10 isn’t a an upgrade of System 9; it’s a whole different animal. Version five isn’t really an update of version six, either. Way different. Within each version Apple issues updates, about four a year, plus security, Java and other sub routine updates. With Apple, once you buy a version, all updates are free, at least so far. Snow Leopard will be a new version, not an upgrade, to my way of thinking.

]]> By: Don http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337479 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:50:53 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337479 This is a great post, and as many of your posts, changed and enhanced my way of looking at things.

Now, if only you could convince Paul Thurrot of the same -he seems to think that all major OS X upgrades are just silly, simple service packs that Apple should provide for free!

]]> By: Andrew http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337478 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:15:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337478 “The decision of which of the four to purchase is up to the user”

That’s the part I don’t understand. My Mac PC’s, I get the OS, I choose to upgrade. My Windows PC’s, I don’t know which version to get. If some feature doesn’t work, did I configure it wrong or did I need a different version of Windows?

BTW, I think that installing a “full” copy of Windows still requires authentication, and installing a “full” copy of Windows on another PC (when the original died) fails that authentication process.

And if I want to upgrade, does a Ultimate Vista upgrade work from a Home XP?

]]> By: Apple y Microsoft: Diferencias en modelos de venta de sistemas operativos, Carrero http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337477 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:47:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337477 [...] the apple blog Etiquetas: apple, blog, blogs, linux, mac, mac os x, microsoft, operativos, palabras, venta, [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-and-microsoft-the-difference-in-os-sales-models/#comment-337470 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:55:12 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=13683#comment-337470 Great article, man – gave me some really great insight into the approach used by either company. I’d have to say that I prefer Apple’s approach a lot better, but then again, my already-present Mac bias might be the reason I’m more fond of much simpler processes.

-Kev

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