Originally Posted by
pablo040
Seems to have worked fine for the personal computer industry.
I still have my $2500 desktop from 15 years ago kicking around out in the garage somewhere, that has 25% of the memory, power, and disk space as my current $400 laptop.
We all benefit with competition; the only one that benefits from a monopoly is mylaps/ambush.
Mind if I load up windows 8 and install a new ssd in that machine.

. My point is competition might cause more issues with compatibility that would negate the lower cost to the consumer.