Comments on: Five Things Apple Is Doing Wrong http://macmost.com/five-things-apple-is-doing-wrong.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPod, Apple TV and iPhone. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Fred http://macmost.com/five-things-apple-is-doing-wrong.html#comment-15347 Fred Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:31:40 +0000 http://macmost.com/?p=687#comment-15347 "The price for a new version of Mac OS X is the upgrade price you can only put leopard on a mac that has had a version of OS X on it before" This is patently FALSE. Apple only once created an upgrade disk. That was the disk given away at Comp USA and sold through Apple for 19.95. It was the 10.0 update. Apple has NEVER created an "update" version to be sold. Every copy has been a FULL copy of OS X. I know because I've purchased every version and the option for a full erase and install has always been present. This type of misinformation is just sloppy and lazy. “The price for a new version of Mac OS X is the upgrade price you can only put leopard on a mac that has had a version of OS X on it before”
This is patently FALSE.
Apple only once created an upgrade disk. That was the disk given away at Comp USA and sold through Apple for 19.95. It was the 10.0 update.
Apple has NEVER created an “update” version to be sold. Every copy has been a FULL copy of OS X. I know because I’ve purchased every version and the option for a full erase and install has always been present.
This type of misinformation is just sloppy and lazy.

]]> By: Evan http://macmost.com/five-things-apple-is-doing-wrong.html#comment-15333 Evan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:12:43 +0000 http://macmost.com/?p=687#comment-15333 The price for a new version of Mac OS X is the upgrade price you can only put leopard on a mac that has had a version of OSX on it before The price for a new version of Mac OS X is the upgrade price you can only put leopard on a mac that has had a version of OSX on it before

]]> By: Fred http://macmost.com/five-things-apple-is-doing-wrong.html#comment-15320 Fred Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:02:48 +0000 http://macmost.com/?p=687#comment-15320 1. The iPhone should be on more carriers. They shouldn’t have an exclusive deal with AT&T. ---I'm sure Apple would love that, but any casual observer knows that Apple couldn't get the other carriers to sign on. This is not Apple's doing, but the work of a crappy bunch of service providers. 2. MobileMe should be free and better. The price of admission for MobileMe should be simply owning a Mac or an iPhone. And MobileMe should have features like Blogger, FaceBook and Flickr. MobileMe as an Apple-only social network would be a huge hit and would drive Mac sales like crazy. --- Yes, MobileMe should be cheaper and better, but I can't imagine Apple ever making it free again. I'd rather they integrate with other established social sites instead of making another failed walled off garden. Also, We don't need another crappy social networking site. 3. The iTunes store should ban DRM. --- Oh, jeez. Again, Apple has NO control over this. The money grubbing studios wanted DRM and would not sign with Apple without it. The fact that Amazon sells non DRMed music is not an indicator of wrongdoing on Apple's part. Amazon got those non DRM deals only after Apple's marketshare of online music became so large and AFTER Apple began the push for DRM free music. 4. New versions of Mac OS X should have an upgrade price. Paying full ticket price to upgrade isn’t reasonable. --- This is too broad to pin down. Yes, we get LOTS of free upgrades from Apple. We also get obscenely cheap software in other areas. It's still cheaper than Windows. We may yet see Apple push this down lower. I'd appreciate it. 5. Make Apple TV more useful by making rentals good for 36 hours and adding some basic RSS-reading Web-browsing functionality. Add a BluRay/DVD player to it for $100 more. To make it really great, add DVR functions. --- Rental times will likely change only after the whole online rental business grows to need it. This isn't wrong, it's just the current pricing scheme. Competition will be the deciding factor in time limits. We'll likely see a few more features added, but I don't think that Apple's going to slink into trying to create a lame Web TV type device. BluRay is just dumb and I still don't understand the appeal. It's too costly and defeats the purpose of the Apple TV, which is to push purchases from the Mac. 1. The iPhone should be on more carriers. They shouldn’t have an exclusive deal with AT&T.
—I’m sure Apple would love that, but any casual observer knows that Apple couldn’t get the other carriers to sign on. This is not Apple’s doing, but the work of a crappy bunch of service providers.

2. MobileMe should be free and better. The price of admission for MobileMe should be simply owning a Mac or an iPhone. And MobileMe should have features like Blogger, FaceBook and Flickr. MobileMe as an Apple-only social network would be a huge hit and would drive Mac sales like crazy.
— Yes, MobileMe should be cheaper and better, but I can’t imagine Apple ever making it free again. I’d rather they integrate with other established social sites instead of making another failed walled off garden.
Also, We don’t need another crappy social networking site.

3. The iTunes store should ban DRM.
— Oh, jeez. Again, Apple has NO control over this. The money grubbing studios wanted DRM and would not sign with Apple without it. The fact that Amazon sells non DRMed music is not an indicator of wrongdoing on Apple’s part. Amazon got those non DRM deals only after Apple’s marketshare of online music became so large and AFTER Apple began the push for DRM free music.

4. New versions of Mac OS X should have an upgrade price. Paying full ticket price to upgrade isn’t reasonable.
— This is too broad to pin down. Yes, we get LOTS of free upgrades from Apple. We also get obscenely cheap software in other areas. It’s still cheaper than Windows. We may yet see Apple push this down lower. I’d appreciate it.

5. Make Apple TV more useful by making rentals good for 36 hours and adding some basic RSS-reading Web-browsing functionality. Add a BluRay/DVD player to it for $100 more. To make it really great, add DVR functions.
— Rental times will likely change only after the whole online rental business grows to need it. This isn’t wrong, it’s just the current pricing scheme. Competition will be the deciding factor in time limits.
We’ll likely see a few more features added, but I don’t think that Apple’s going to slink into trying to create a lame Web TV type device.
BluRay is just dumb and I still don’t understand the appeal. It’s too costly and defeats the purpose of the Apple TV, which is to push purchases from the Mac.

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