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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware??
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>> so why it have a much smaller market share?
>
> Because MS wrote restrictive contracts with companies trying to
> sell PCs saying that if they wanted to put MS on any of their

Apple produces it's own computers. Actually a branded PCs now.
what a problem?

the problem is that Apple works the same way as Commodore 20-15 years ago.

Trying to get prices as high as possible, instead of looking in future.

Exactly what apple do now - selling ordinary PC (just more stylish cases) 
2-3 times more expensive.

if Apple computers would be similarly prices or slightly higher, then 
they could really compete.