Interesting. I think this quite clearly highlights the difference between the Apple and Windows experience. With Apple, all the functionality you need to migrate is built into the OS – all you need is a firewire cable – whereas with Windows you need to a) know that PCMover exists, b) part with $50 for the USB1.1 experience and a further $50 for USB2.0 and c) put up with the fact that it does the job imperfectly. With Apple, it’s all about building properly integrated systems, which they can do and Microsoft can’t because Apple are in control of all the stages of production and development whereas a PC is a conglomeration of perhaps hundreds of different companies hardware and software.
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Interesting. I think this quite clearly highlights the difference between the Apple and Windows experience. With Apple, all the functionality you need to migrate is built into the OS – all you need is a firewire cable – whereas with Windows you need to a) know that PCMover exists, b) part with $50 for the USB1.1 experience and a further $50 for USB2.0 and c) put up with the fact that it does the job imperfectly. With Apple, it’s all about building properly integrated systems, which they can do and Microsoft can’t because Apple are in control of all the stages of production and development whereas a PC is a conglomeration of perhaps hundreds of different companies hardware and software.