noah’s mark

I never meant to say that selling culture is a good thing, as I feel quite the opposite (I'm not sure culture should be a product to be bought and sold, created by companies and consumed by the public), but I do think that it does have some correlation with developing things of quality. I certainly don't think that Apple's main purpose is to make things of quality, but it closely aligns with what they do want, which to to sell "cool".

Microsoft, on the other hand, has no requirement of quality. The only requirement they have is that they can continue to sell their products. By this time, they've gotten so good at it that the product doesn't even matter anymore.

And on somewhat related news, I'm going to buy a macbook soon :) So there you go.

Well, first off, I don't think you can judge a company that harshly on language when they name the Zune's wireless sharing feature with a synonym for female ejaculation.

Secondly, I love Apple as much as the next mac owner, but I wonder if it's a good thing that Apple creates pop culture. You say it comes with developing excellent hardware and software, but I worry that it's become the only product instead of the extra product. We'll see down the road I guess - they sure know how to put together a beautiful and elegant machine. Here's hoping they keep doing so.