redneck Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I think they will profit in other ways. I would guess they get money from app store sales. What surprised me I had the option to install to my 250g usb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackintosh2000 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I don't think that Apple really cares about Hackintoshes, their goal is not to sell OSXs because the real profits cames from Hardware sells like iPad, iPhone, iPod & Macs. True. Although I would say their profits come only from ipads and iphones... in a meaningful way. Honestly guys that's all apple is. It is a manufacturer of ipads and iphones. 10 years from now there will be articles about what went wrong at Apple. It's simple really. Smartphones and tablets will be commoditized. Andriod already dominates iOS particularly when you leave the US. Heck Windows Phone is solid in countries such as Germany. Look at Apple's financial statements. The whole mac pro line of computers could disappear the company would still be wildly profitable. Selling updates every year was really irritating and didn't really add meaningfully to the bottom line. And as someone noted it just encouraged fragmentation. Why fragment your universe just to scrape a few meaningless shillings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil511 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 One of the most profitable companies in the world giving free sophisticated OS. Why? It's a Trojan Horse strategy to me. Mavericks will deactivate programs detected not legitimate contrary to MacRumor report. Apple is corralling all software update through App Store which is also the center of screening. That is my personal opinion. The more money you have, the more money you want to make. It becomes an obsession or addiction. Apple wants to sell iPhoto, iMovie, Apperture, Final Cut Pro,etc. Free Mavericks OS longer terms bring more sales and thus profit to Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkNugget Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 As my Grandfather used to say in his thick European accent: "Nothing for nothing, is... nothing." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Most of Apple's revenue (for the past several years) comes from two areas - iDevices, and the services back end (the App Stores and iTunes). Now, the App Stores cover the iDevices *and* the Macs - how much in the way of physical software does Apple actually ship, even for Macs or Windows? That's how Apple built up that monstrous hoard of cash that is mostly stranded overseas. Any company with a heavy services back end is going to build up a crapton of cash if that service is in any way successful; it's NOT unique to Apple. (Google has a similar issue with Google Play and the Chrome App Store - even Microsoft has that issue with their own App Stores for Windows Phone, RT, and even Windows 8/8.1 - the App Stores are additions to, NOT instead of, current revenue flows for Team Redmond. Additional streams of revenue never - as in ever - hurt a company of any size, just as they never - again, as in ever - hurt a government of any size; the appetite for revenue never goes away.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 One nasty thing of mavericks: no more quick look preview of FLV files and quicktime won't play them, will propose conversion Does Perian work with Mavericks? If so you can have your FLV quick look back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Apple indicated in this last week's quarterly earnings conference call that like Mavericks, all future releases of its Mac operating system will be free upgrades through the Mac App Store. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio1971 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Excellent news Fabio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzosjb Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Eventually we will purchase any Apple product 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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