Apple has sharp teeth for anyone cloning or emulating their OS for computers. Now that all computers are PCs the only thing that separates Apple products from Windows products is software and the sharp price increase you pay for an Apple product. Well, that and the significantly lame Apple service after the sale.
Apple still manufactures MacBooks, but on the new MacBook Pro, if you want a VESA mount, you have to buy it as a separate $80 purchase for this $5,000 machine.
It's a little hunk of aluminum with five holes drilled in it and pot metal screws that won't remove without breaking them off in the holes. You literally cannot remove a loosely installed screw without breaking it and rendering the VESA mount inoperative. This piece of trash costs you $80 and when the screw breaks, Apple says that this 50 cent hunk of aluminum that you bought for $80 is a third-party product and they won't warranty it.
Including stainless steel screws would cost Apple less than a dollar, which would reduce their $79.00 profit to $78.00, probably bankrupting the company.
And all the Apple drones said "whatever...."
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