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Wow... I never expected to see a half-baked article like this on here. Most true Mac devotees seem to "get" Apple's philosophy of making the whole widget and that's the lion's share of why their products just work. It's not by accident, it's the tight control of the entire system. Mac OS X would not be the same on generic hardware, despite the similarities between Mac and PC hardware. There are too many unknown variables and it introduces many of the same issues that Windows faces. Oh and the line about making more money, "now I've got your attention," is cute but silly. If that were all it was about, Apple would have sold out years ago. It's about making a good product, start to finish. In my opinion Licensing is the worst thing Apple could possibly do for the consumer. I like knowing if something goes wrong, I'm not going to get bounced between software and hardware vendors. I sincerely hope Steve reads and dismisses this and the thousands of other articles with the same tired arguments as quickly as I did. I'm certainly not flaming you for your opinion, you have a right to it, but I guess I kinda wish you really understood why your Mac is a Mac... it's not just the software, it's not the hardware. The Mac is more than the sum of its parts and that's why they're so awesome.