“Windows accounts for 88.41% of the market with Mac taking 9.61% and the rest including Linux <1%. The same can be said for browsers with Internet Explorer taking up 67.44% with Firefox (21.77%) and Safari (8.02%) bringing up the rear.”

I was only posting with regards to browser but the point about Apple OSX on Apple hardware only is a big one. At least with Windows you can build a PC yourself with whatever you want in it and install it without issue. If you really want OSX on something else it's time to hackintosh the effort. This all definitely smacks of double standards and I hate that. If it applies to one company it should apply to all.

Point still is this: they were “convicted” and would not get away with anything which resembled monopolistic practices.

Apple, on the other hand, is clearly able to get away with this because their market share is exponentially smaller than Microsoft's. Because they retain such a small percentage of the market, they are nowhere close to being considered a monopoly and therefore are “allowed” to conduct business this way.

I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's wrong. If the tables were turned, you can rest assured Apple would be in a whirlwind of shit methinks.

Lastly, the courts have not yet tested the clause Rich referred to in the post. Apple will probably never allow a precedent to be set. I would be dollars to donuts they would settle before a lawsuit got to the point where a judge or jury were about to render a precedent setting verdict.