<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I think it's part brand loyalty and partly because Apple's stuff works so well, OS and hardware.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Plus, anyone who's had a combo hardware/software issue can tell you it's hell to be ping-ponged back and forth by companies who say "not our fault. we don't support that. call the other company."</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:15 AM, Linda wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">It seems that people tend to prefer the whole package from Apple, not sure</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">why...</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>