Re:No you don't... (Score 1)

So what? The actual reason is besides the point. Fact is you don't get those apps with the WIN OS and you do in OSX--& point I made is valid--they add hundreds of dollars in value to any Apple purchased. Something the average consumer seems to overlook. To try to get equivalent apps in Windows you have to shell out big bucks or go far largely inferior free or shareware, or simply steal it off a bittorent or whatever. Even if you did get those apps they doubtful would be anywhere is good as Apples are anyway. Besides Microsoft has no one to whine to about monopolistic practices --it has succeeded precisely because it is a De facto monopoly with its leveraged stranglehold on WIN/DOS. These monopolistic practices over the last 15 years have so locked the average user into Windows they are scared to even so much as look at other options out there. As an aside it seems like Microsoft is going to put a photo app in Longhorn anyway. So counting Media Player, the new tied in music service, and others, so much for Gates not wanting to be hit with more Anti trust lawsuits. Bet Adobe Photoshop Elements and JASC/Corel are just thrilled.