I have no idea what you mean by proprietary accessories other than the magsafe power connector. Everything else is completely standard since the gumdrop imacs. By upsales, you probably mean the all-in-one designs, and that's fair, as is the app store for ios
devices. I just jailbreak and do what I want, but really don't use anything other than winterboard and boss prefs.
I'm not a zealot. I've helped people spec out windows machine if it fits their needs. I just take mild exception to oft repeated criticism that were true a decade ago.
Not proprietary accessories, that's sony's gambit (roll's eyes at media sticks and cameras with no usb). What I said was "Apple is now opposed to this idea so they can lock users into their proprietary world of upsales, accessories, and content stores." Maybe not the BEST wording in the world, but it's not a 10 year old complaint. When I put MY music on MY computer and MY mp3 player, I expect to be able to readily transfer MY music wherever I want. When I
buy a phone and it is MINE, I don't want a manufacturer preventing me from doing whatever I want with it. Sure you can jailbreak, but it's borderline legal, and at that you run the risk of Apple cockblocking you down the road to punish you for your treason. If I want to run flash, yes even with it's technological shortcomings, damnit it's MY machine I want to run whatever I want on it.
OSX would be very hard to lock down in it's current form, that I agree with. But I wouldn't be surprised when OSX saber tooth tiger, or OSXI or whatever comes out, abandoning it's open source roots. Mind you I'm not complaining about their current line of computers, but the ipad, iphone, ipod and some of their software. Also keep in mind that I'm typing on powerbook. A movie is playing across the room on an old g3. 2 more macs in other parts of the house, not a pc in sight, so I'm far from a hater. I am concerned with the path Apple is taking. I discovered apple when the were "great for education". I fell in love with them when they were "great for geeks and creative types". I'm feeling a little suspicious of them now that they are "great for people who will spend $$$$'s on computers, $$$s on phones, $$$'s on ipads, $$$'s on app downloads, and $$$on media downloads, basically they're great for people who can afford the entire apple lifestyle".
If it's a reference to premium, I was referring to them sometimes getting new intel cpus before anyone else, usually using the latest high-end intel processors instead of last year's low end, incorporating dual graphics cards, etc. That's not true across the board, but is often the case. That's partly why they have good longevity.
