Comments on: Apple Is Definitely A Hardware Company

By: Mac OS X Lion Free? I Wouldn’t Be Surprised.

Mac OS X Lion Free? I Wouldn’t Be Surprised. — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:39:44 +0000

[...] said it before and I’m going to stick with that statement. Apple is a hardware company with its own operating system. Unlike Microsoft, they do not need to sell software to make money. [...]

By: Matt Hodges

Matt Hodges — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:17:53 +0000

I’m not so convinced. I think that they are definitely both. Just look at how much software they do produce–in addition to being a hardware company. Look at the software that Apple produces, for free or for a hefty cost:

- Final Cut
- Logic
- iLife
- iWork
- MobileMe
- Safari
- Quicktime
- Aperture
- Remote Desktop
- Shake

By: Scott Nicol

Scott Nicol — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:48:53 +0000

I personally think they’re both, equally. Just because they make the pricing of Snow Leopard low, doesn’t mean they’re only a hardware company. If they were just hardware, we’d have Mac’s running Windows/Linux/Unix, but not OSX. Without OSX, Apple couldn’t have made the iPhone into the success it is today, especially with all the free developer tools made available for free. If you also take into consideration that they also make iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Pro/Studio, Logic Express, along with all the Safari/iChat/Mail to make their hardware a fantastic experience, I think it’s fair to say that the ponder in both markets.

Snow Leopard doesn’t seem to be a big upgrade (except from performance features) from Leopard, so I don’t really see no point in charging a big fee.

Just my £0.02 ;)