Re:Is it worth buying a MacBook Air?
by winter_blue on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @10:41AM
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Breaking down your points:
> a company that doesn't pay taxes
Every company has an incentive to pay less taxes. Even people do. (I'm not necessarily saying it's the right thing, or endorsing it.) But this is the government's realm.
> turning their OS more and more into a cage
This would actually be a deal breaker for me. If OS X turned into anything like iOS, where you need prior approval before being able to run certain code, that would be it for me.
I don't think Apple's going to do it though. Way too many developers use Macbooks, and I doubt they'd want to piss them all off. Also, Tim Cook is at the wheel now -- he seems like a bit more practical and mellow person than Steve Jobs (this ain't necessarily a good thing) - so I doubt he'd do anything radical like this.
> lets their hardware be assembled in factories where employees work in harsh circumstances
I'd like to see this change - but is there anything much we can do about it? I haven't come across ant "Fair Trade" laptops yet (unlike with food, clothing, etc). Definitely would be good to go with a company that treats their workers well - but then there's also the issue of verification, of whether they do what they promise to.
On the positive side though, Apple claims to be environment-friendly - I hope their claims are true.
> a company that doesn't pay taxes
Every company has an incentive to pay less taxes. Even people do. (I'm not necessarily saying it's the right thing, or endorsing it.) But this is the government's realm.
> turning their OS more and more into a cage
This would actually be a deal breaker for me. If OS X turned into anything like iOS, where you need prior approval before being able to run certain code, that would be it for me.
I don't think Apple's going to do it though. Way too many developers use Macbooks, and I doubt they'd want to piss them all off. Also, Tim Cook is at the wheel now -- he seems like a bit more practical and mellow person than Steve Jobs (this ain't necessarily a good thing) - so I doubt he'd do anything radical like this.
> lets their hardware be assembled in factories where employees work in harsh circumstances
I'd like to see this change - but is there anything much we can do about it? I haven't come across ant "Fair Trade" laptops yet (unlike with food, clothing, etc). Definitely would be good to go with a company that treats their workers well - but then there's also the issue of verification, of whether they do what they promise to.
On the positive side though, Apple claims to be environment-friendly - I hope their claims are true.