[Discuss] Class action against "Secure Boot"

[drew.vanzandt at gmail.com (Drew Van Zandt)]

I want a retina display Macbook running Linux, though.  Screen size (in
pixels) is my #1 laptop decision-making spec.

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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 6/22/2012 11:19 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>
>> I agree it stinks, but if you refuse to use products like this, you're
>> confining yourself to a fringe, and you can rest assured there won't be
>> enough people in your group to sway the product offerings of MS & Apple &
>> etc.
>>
>
> No, actually, I don't think it stinks at all.  What you're talking about
> and what Microsoft, et.al., are selling aren't the same thing.
>
> I've said it here before but it bears repeating: when you buy an Apple
> product you don't buy a computer.  You buy the Apple Experience.  The shiny
> box is just that: a box.  It's the delivery platform for that experience.
>  Have a Kindle?  Same thing: it's a delivery platform for Amazon.  Android?
>  Third verse same as the first.  Microsoft is doing the same with Windows
> Phone and Surface.  The shiny box isn't the product.  It's the a delivery
> platform for the experience inside.  The experience is the product.
>
> Put bluntly: if you want a computer then buy a computer.  Don't buy an
> appliance with the expectation of getting a general purpose computer
> because you'll be sadly disappointed.
>
> --
> Rich P.
>
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