I saw this (below) floating around the Internet, about an announcement yesterday.

If you have the temerity to not die laughing at Acer (after all, they're the Packard-Bell people), and you choose to give any credence at all to the comment, it raises an interesting commentary on mindset at the fruit company.

GLAL,

R.

"What Apple learned from the PC manufacturers, is to not depend on anyone. They are one of the few companies who keep all design and technology in-house. It's key to how Apple operates that they can and do switch suppliers and manufacturing locations.

"The whole PC-clone industry became possible because IBM and others didn't own the designs or the technology. It is why companies like ASUS, MSI, AMD and many others exist in the PC industry, but there are no equivalents in Apple-land.

"It is the key difference between the PC and Apple industry. It is also the reason why I think Apple will be making machines for OSX for a long time, at least as long as those are needed to develop software for Apple (iOS or whatever). Apple doesn't want to depend on anyone and doesn't want anyone to be easily able to copy them. It is at the core of their business model.