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Firewire is not the issue
---They take away the firewire port and put this docking port
instead---

Since Apple invented and owns Firewire, one assumes they could
charge any royalty rate they wanted there for devices as well.
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 10/18/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Too pricey  CobraA1 | 10/18/05
Well in a strange kind of way the fact that it was stolen  Laff | 10/18/05
Had my Dell DJ stolen -  Confused by religion | 10/18/05
Well Milly sometimes you HAVE to have a sale and other  Laff | 10/18/05
Sales  Loverock Davidson | 10/18/05
Generally..  nucrash | 10/18/05
You forgot one.  ShadeTree | 10/18/05
Sales right now  tic swayback | 10/18/05
still  CobraA1 | 10/18/05
Re:still  Paco20 | 10/18/05
Converting DRM'd music ...  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/18/05
Or download jhymn  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Being stolen was Apple's fault?  BitTwiddler | 10/18/05
Gosh darn it!  tic swayback | 10/18/05
They *could* put in some theft deterrents, at least.  CobraA1 | 10/18/05
Usage deterrents as well  tic swayback | 10/18/05
re: Usage deterrents  CobraA1 | 10/18/05
Life is tough  tic swayback | 10/18/05
A freaking tracking device? Maybe!  dave95 | 10/18/05
thought the same thing  Jeff Spicoli | 10/18/05
Talk about greed  csa0307 | 10/18/05
Is this unusual however?  Laff | 10/18/05
I think this is  csa0307 | 10/18/05
Firewire is not the issue  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Who says they don't already  nucrash | 10/18/05
Funny, that  Fred Fredrickson | 10/19/05
Business norm?  ajole | 10/18/05
Question answered  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Apple's just riding the pony  John Zern | 10/18/05
Still say it's hard to call it a fad at least yet.  Laff | 10/18/05
Free video vs. $1.99 a show  eddzpc@... | 10/19/05
RE: greed  JakAttak | 10/18/05
Typical Apple  nucrash | 10/18/05
See post of mine just above.....Also  Laff | 10/18/05
I doubt it  voska | 10/18/05
As I remember Apple fought the Apple II clones as well  Laff | 10/18/05
Ahh... My first computer...  nucrash | 10/18/05
Why are your PCs crashing  eddzpc@... | 10/19/05
True  voska | 10/18/05
I've always been a route/admire the under dog type guy.  Laff | 10/18/05
Always for the underdog.  nucrash | 10/18/05
Apple as a software company ....YEAH!  ajole | 10/18/05
Have you not been following the news?  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Wow...it's been a while since I've seen the "Apple is doomed" thing!  Laff | 10/18/05
Untypical Apple  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Apparently you don't remember...  nucrash | 10/18/05
RE: Apparently you don't remember  JakAttak | 10/18/05
Apple didn't have the market share the 2nd time  voska | 10/18/05
Apparently you're a bit confused  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Killing clones...  jbroche18 | 10/18/05
Holy Schniekies!  BitTwiddler | 10/18/05
Illogical  yyuko@... | 10/18/05
An extraordinarily bad idea  bidemytime | 10/18/05
Apple "borrows" ideas just like everyone else  Otto_Delete | 10/18/05
Still a bad idea  nucrash | 10/18/05
Unbelievable double standards here  mlindl | 10/18/05
Not a double standard.  nucrash | 10/18/05
No Double standard present  voska | 10/18/05
So sell a cheap "adapter" separately  Tsu Dho Nimh | 10/18/05
Apple can just refuse...  Zinoron | 10/18/05
Is anyone REALLY surprised by this?  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 10/18/05
Booo Hooo  Paco20 | 10/18/05
Do you know what the profit margin on an ipod is?  csa0307 | 10/18/05
Re: Do you know what the profit margin on an ipod is?  Paco20 | 10/18/05
I bet you're a little off there  voska | 10/18/05
Thank heavens!  daver_z | 10/18/05
The other branders ..  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/18/05
Greed is Greed  ArthurDent | 10/18/05
Success changes strategies  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Could be dangerous  voska | 10/18/05
Ask Microsoft  tic swayback | 10/18/05
Simple  voska | 10/18/05
Is it?  tic swayback | 10/18/05
IPod to go the way of the Betamax  John Zern | 10/18/05
Again not exactly the same.  Laff | 10/18/05
VHS vs Betamax comparison  Mr_Dave | 10/20/05
APPLE is really good....  dr_who@... | 10/18/05
Or...NOT. It could go any number of ways I would think.  Laff | 10/19/05
Apple, it's a love/hate relationship  Vote4Pedro | 11/01/05

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