Re: War on the Wintrolls

On Fri, 12 May 2006 13:47:37 -0700, Donald L McDaniel wrote:

On Thu, 11 May 2006 15:00:32 -0700, George Graves wrote
(in article <gmgraves-AF3F1A.15003211052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):


My brother recently purchased a new 20" Intel iMac, and gave me his 17" Intel
iMac.

I thought the price was very reasonable. We both got two machines in one --
a Mac (With OS 10.4.4) and a Windows machine. Now we can both maximize all
our Windows software as well as our Apple software.

Sort of. Parallels would be well worth the money.


He paid about $1750 (after discount), plus two gigs of extra memory (not from
Apple, however). So all in all, he paid about $1950. His machine arrived
within 5 days of ordering it.

I don't think I'd be dropping more than $1500 for something as powerful as
an Intel iMac with 2GB of RAM, even considering the 20" display. And that
would be at the high end.


Needless to say, we are both happy campers today.

Please, Wintel users, stop believing all the FUD about Macs. I used to
believe it, and coming to realize that that is just what it is: "Fear,
Uncertainty, and Doubt".

Don't worry--you'll get tired of it again in 2-3 years. OS X has some very
fundamental problems, in both the UI and in the underlying technology.
Users just don't realize it for awhile. Apple's philosophy regarding
software design and pricing isn't exactly endearing either. I switched to
Mac. Then figured out it was a waste of money and switched to Linux.


In addition, I am trying very hard to no longer "diss" Apple.

Mac and Windows Fanatics both, however, are entirely different cases.

.

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