Re: War on the Wintrolls

In article <pan.2006.05.13.02.37.16.629286@xxxxxxxx>,
TheLetterK <non@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Such as?

Users just don't realize it for awhile. Apple's philosophy regarding
software design and pricing isn't exactly endearing either.

Well, that's a personal matter, isn't it? I mean, if one takes the
attitude (as I do) that Macs cost what Macs cost, and don't pay too much
attention to it, then Apple's pricing doesn't mean too much.

I switched to
Mac. Then figured out it was a waste of money and switched to Linux.

Interesting. I tried Linux and figured out that its a waste of my TIME:

1) Steep learning curve
2) Real "geeky" UI
3) Very little results - I.E. essentially no major software, and Linux
equivalents are feature poor, slow to get problems corrected, and suffer
from the well known "too many chefs in the soup" syndrome.

Not cutting it down, mind you, just didn't like it.

--
George Graves
The health of our society is a direct result of the men
and women we choose to admire.
.

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