I started with a Capro and up until a few 7years ago always got my PCs custom built at computer shows. Rarely had problems and when I did just went back and bought the needed part.
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:55 AM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote: > > =) > > I started with a Apple IIe, I think. We had an Atarii with floppy > drives, too. > > But the most fun was the 8088s built by hand, a heathkit microwave > (also built by hand), etc.... put a lot of store in things you could > "get in there and dick with", I guess. Color me biased-- The > Tandy-ish stuff suckethed, so to speak. Why pay more for the same > damn part, just because it was wrapped in a funkily shaped piece of > plastic? (like the volkswagen/porshe parts deal, sorta) > > I've helped run PC and Apple labs for the last 12 years or so. ~15 > computers per lab, 10 to 14 labs. Sure the PC stuff failed more > often, but it was *so* much cheaper, I think the TCO was still in > favor of the PC. > > I mean, if the TCO was really *that* much better on the Apple side, > you'd see a lot more of them in the corporate and university sectors, > neh? Especially corporate, as they're the heads that came up with > "TCO"! That just isn't the case. > Even the deals Apple gave educational institutions wasn't enough to > give it the "de facto" stamp. Good penetration, but not complete... > > But data, like all things (including anecdotes), is(are?) open to > interpretation. =)p > > So who really knows. > > MBPs are fine machines. Are they "worth it", though? That's probably > one of those "it depends" type deals (what isn't?). I've personally > recommended them to folks in the past... I try not to let my personal > feelings get in the way of what's best for the individual, IMHO. > > I do know that I don't like the current Apple philosophy. But again, > I'm not a fan of closed source, "must be an official reseller, must be > an official repair person, etc." type thingie-ma-boppers. "Freedom!", > yadda yadda. I *really* think it's important. > > All in all though, I try not to "hate on" much. Apple is free to do > as it chooses, and so are consumers. I wouldn't want i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
