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Originally Posted by Mule
This gets crazier as it goes. So Cingular & the iphone have 71% of the phone web access & Verizon & all the other carriers + other cingular phones have 29%? Wow!
Look, first Apple had the 68000 chip & scsi drives & we were told of their infinite superiority. Then came the PowerPC & we heard the same tale. Now they are building intel boxes w/ sata drives. Sounds like a PC. But they're not pc's!!! They cost twice as much & they never break or go down in value. Besides, they have the world's best OS. Well, all of that is crap! Apple is a boutique computer, no more, no less. It's like Louis Vitton. I wouldnt wear that crap to change my oil. But some people pay big money for it. Hey, this is America. Do whatever you want. But when you start to tell me about the wonderment of Louis Vitton, or Apple, don't be surprised if you get a big belch in response.
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The 71% number for cell/smart phone web traffic comes from Steve Jobs at today's iPhone SDK meeting. I haven't found the source, but I'll let you now. Of course this number will be disputable and the source can be questioned, but I don't doubt the percentage is high, maybe not an absolute 71% though, maybe higher. If you've spent some time on a iPhone it is easy to use the web a lot as it has a regular browser, not like browsers on most phones. I'd also bet the remaining percentage is heavily slanted to Nokia sets.
The rest of your rant doesn't appear to have anything substantial, FWIW. Claiming all Macs cost significantly more than Windows boxes is a red herring.
Go to Dell.com and configure a box then to Apple.com and configure a similar config and get back to me. You can also look at similarly configged systems here:
http://systemshootouts.org/
Wasn't it only a short time ago you claimed Macs were filled with proprietary parts? And your slow printing claim below is not even of value as an anecdote.
You are welcome to your opinions, of course.
Best,
Kurt