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April 5, 2006 7:57 PM

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Did you see that? DUDE!

- Apple one step closer to ditching the OS market
- Latest stupid story taking up time on news channels
- Game ratings dont tell whole story
- Podcasting and NPR not getting along

Lastly, the RIAA hates education

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Lunatic Angelic

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April 5, 2006 9:08 PM

The OS market and iLife suite is where Apple excels, why would they bail on that?
- coldfusioncs
  
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  April 5, 2006 9:11 PM
  
  Agreed. Until recently, hardware was actually their weakpoint.
  
  Either way, I REALLY want a Mac now. :'(
- Gaurav Sharma
  
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  April 5, 2006 9:16 PM
  
  they still make the same insane profit per system, why not?
  
  if anything it'll make it easier for people to try OS X and see what the fuss is about.
- Serpico74
  
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  April 5, 2006 9:20 PM
  
  Apple ditching the OS market would be the worst thing. Design of their laptops aside, for me it is the main thing that makes buying Mac hardware worthwhile
  - Arcanum
    
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    April 5, 2006 9:24 PM
    
    They shouldn't ditch the OS market. They should divorce their OS division from their hardware division. Yes, transitioning their OS division to a situation where it has to show a profit will be hard. In the long-term, that's probably what they're going to have to do, though.
- r4wk
  
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  April 5, 2006 9:29 PM
  
  Haha, I HIGHLY doubt Mac will ditch their own friggin OS. Good luck. Them allowing you to use Windows on a Mac is just gonna bring more people in. Steve got a bit ambitious with that "quote".