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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by jcromartie on Friday April 30, 2010 @07:32PM (#1309741)
Apple supports standards in hardware (USB, PCI, SDRAM, Ethernet, Firewire [debatable], DVI, DisplayPort, 802.11, EFI, CD/DVD-R). Most of their systems are made up of standards-based pieces... it's just the glue that holds them together that's proprietary.
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Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing by joe_the_user on Friday April 30, 2010 @09:49PM (#1309961)
Apple's non-compliance with USB standard example:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2010/04/chargin...

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