Some great links in that article. Thanks!
bookmark for later reading
Having said all that, the author lost all credibility with me with his statement:
A Mac costs about the same as a comparable Windows PC
That, is a lie. In fact just last week, I'm not a gamer, but I priced out a the most loaded out gamer-type equipped Inspiron machine available at Dell.com. It has a Quad core processor, the fastest they offer, 4 gig of 800 mHz Ram, and every option offered. With the current $300 rebate (they are always running various of these rebates), the machine, an upgraded multimedia keyboard and upgraded optical mouse came to about $900 with free shipping. I just bought a gorgeous new Sammy 24" monitor for $400. So I could be in a maxed out machine with 24" monitor (still available with XP, I might add), for about $1300. There is no comparable maxed out Apple desktop for anywhere near that price. You have to spend twice that or close to it for a comparable Apple desktop. The author is either stoopid or a liar.
And what is this, a typo, or?
And given my severe disappointment with just about everything in Mac Office 2008, I’m even further driven away from Microsoft’s desktop software.
He's severely disappointed with Mac Office 08, and that drives him away from M-soft? Sorry, but I don't get what he's saying here.
And one more thing -- I hate that all the Apple machines seem to be white, with the exception of one Apple laptop I saw available in black (but with about a $300 premium for the black over the white). I don't care for white computers. They would show dirt and smudges, and to me, it's a cheap look compared to black. I would never buy one -- just a personal preference. Why aren't they available in black?
If Apple would bring all their prices down, and offer desktops in black, and laptops without a premium over white in black, I would probably make the switch. Otherwise, no thanx.
/End rant. Flame away, apple fanboys. The price thing is factual.
I’ve joined the “cult”. My I-mac will be delievred next week.
It’s going to drive the Liberals nuts that Conservatives are starting to use MACs more and more by the day. It will be like them moving to red states and messing with the politics in those states to make them look like the socialist meccas they left.
Nice! I love the way he compares an operating system that's been out for some time against a brand new operating system. Hey Miss article writer, care to compare OS X to, say, Windows XP? Nah, that would be an equal comparison.
I would have changed years ago if i could have afforded it graphics programs and music auditors POP in mac !
Dont need 50. Windows works for me just fine. I'm not a moron that opens random emails or goes to eastern european horse porn sites so I don't need a smug, superior religion I just need a computer.
However, if buying a mac would grant me one punch in the stomach to the guy who came up with those idiotic commercials, I'd buy 20.
I remember trying to work with a Mac once. It took less than ten minutes of use to get me to the point of a strong desire to chuck it out the window.
Most of the list just sounds like the author doesn’t know what he’s doing.
No way would I limit myself with Mac.
Another reason to buy Apple - it is ever soooo much more expensive.
Don’t forget the inherent simplicity of buying into a system which has some 5% of all users. Not to mention that waaaay over 90% of programs are PC, not Apple.
The good news is that the Apple community consists of teachers and artists. KEWL - Lots of leads. At least that’s what Dippy the Hippy told me.
;-)
Linux seems to me to be an idea whose time has come.
