I know what you are all thinking by the header of this blog post, Not another post about sexual predators, but this one isn't, I promise!
When Microsoft came out with Vista, you would think that they would want to maximize their profits, but instead, they made what I consider a poor decision. As most of you know, Apple Computers' newest machines have the intel chip in them, which allows them to run Microsoft Windows as well as Apple OS10. With the release of Vista, windows made it that in order to run on the MAC, the consumer must buy the most expensive versions of Vista. Now to me this doesn't make sense. I think Microsoft would make more money if they allowed their smaller versions to work on the MAC. Now MAC users that wanted to run those Microsoft programs can't without paying upwards of 350 dollars.
More about this can be found at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/23/virtual.vista.ap/index.html
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I agree, that seems like a very stupid move on their part. Microsoft is a software company, not a hardware company, they should be out there to sell as many copies of the software as possible. Good post, Jeff, i was a little disappointed to see you stray away for your typical blogging topic, but this one was pretty fresh.
Microsoft is testing the waters to find new ways of expanding. They have deep pockets - I think they can afford to take a loss on this. They need to grow somehow though - windows is becoming more outdated financially.
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