On 3 Sep 2006 at 20:01, Dave Land wrote: > On the contrary, there may well be better words for it, such as "better > informed about the current state of the Macintosh line than you seem to > be." Or, "not just shooting his mouth off without being in possession of > the facts."
Okay, you're supporting the direct comparison of component lifetime vs unprotected time connected to the internet without catching nastyware? Just to be clear. > From the page: > > The brilliantly redesigned Mac Pro enclosure accommodates up to > four drives and 2TB of storage; offers 8 DIMM slots to fill with > up to 16GB of RAM; provides up to two SuperDrives. You also have > four PCI Express slots, and more I/O ports - including two > additional ports up front. That's nice. I can't change the motherboard, there are seriously limited drivers avaliable for graphics cards, sound cards...forget it, and so on. And when I upgrade, I can't take much of it with me, with a Mac, compared to a PC. There are no options just to get a new Motherboard and RAM, if everything else would still be useful. > Marketing hype aside, I think if you actually look, you'll see that > not only > do Macs come equipped with a lot that you'd have to _add_ to most > PCs, Like what? Remember I build my own PC's, so that's not something I'm bothered about. The premium for pre-assembly is a direct strike against Mac's for me. > And > you'll > find that opening up a Mac and accessing all that expandability is a > darn > sight easier than most PCs: Entirely based on case choice. My case is very well designed and I have no issues working with it. > > Blithering. Retard. > > Don't be so hard on yourself: lots of Windows users are uninformed > about how > far the Mac has progressed. Yes, it's only 60% more expensive, as I said. Only. Given another, what, twenty years, it might even become avaliable for sale in a form I'd consider buying - one that dosn't tying me to a specific base box. And "hard on myself", right. I'm REALLY enthused about getting a mac when all its zealots seem unable to stop themselves from taking cheap potshots about the superiority of their machines when I have zero dogma and are interested in precisely what they do - and how friendly and helpful the community are (which is why I picked SuSe Linux over Red Hat, for reference). Given a lot of the professional programs I run are DirectX/.NET based, and will not run on a Mac without installing Windows (and no, I'm not a good coder and am not prepared to port them), there is absolutely no reason for me to consider one. And no, I'm not changing profession just so I can use a Mac. AndrewC Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
