Not at all a bigot. The point is there is a choice, Tom likes to pretend there isn't. That you only give up things by getting a pc, the point is you give up things getting a mac too..like cash.
His comment was that 'macs are priced similarly to pc's', this was incorrect by no small measure. I get sick of his FUD. I never said you get nothing for that 700 dollars, indeed you do get a lot if what you get gives you peace of mind. For some, like me who build their own systems all the time, the extra money is not worth it by any measure. You bring up MS, you could also buy that cyberpower laptop and put ubuntu on it. Apple has a great space in which they control with great authority. That control comes at a price as noted in another thread. If your app is not approved by the Apple guys, you are not getting on the iphone. Android has a similiar process except for one big part...if you get denied you can post the app yourself and anyone can still download and install it with the warning 'this was not approved by the market place, do you want to continue?' Why yes, I do want to continue because I like choice and freedom to make my own decisions. On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Wayne Dernoncourt <way...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > I think the biggest thing you get for $700 is support, > local support. I hate to sound like a bigot, but I've > gotten support from people whose accents I couldn't > understand. I actually got a Mac for different reasons, > I got tired of the refrain from MS - "well, we will fix > _all_ of the mistakes we made in this version of Windows > and next time it _will_ be enterprise ready" and then > watching them not deliver. With Windows 7, they may > actually be able to claim that they succeeded. > > -- > Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't > Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly > An optimist is a guy without much experience > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
