><< Considering how many companies (Microsoft, for instance) offer free >email, I'm sure Apple could find a way to do it for more than nothing but >much less than $49. >> > > >Hmmm, free email that gives me a 5MB mailbox that gets purged if I don't use >it for a 30-day period? That's a good deal? Nah. For me, the 100MB iDisk (a >great way to transfer large files (i.e. more than even 2-3 MBs) to folks >whose mail servers don't allow them to receive large attachments is alone a >good enough reason for .Mac. For a brand-new user or any other user who has >not already spent money on Norton Antivirus and Retrospect Express, getting >Virex and Backup makes it cost-effective. And if you use a digital camera, >being able to get 100 free Kodak prints (valued at ~$50) is not a bad deal >either. You have to look at the entire picture. Granted, Apple has been >tacking on inducements (like the Kodak prints) to try to persuade people to >go for it, but I think we're being, as a whole, far too cynical than we ought >to be. I'm not a lemming, by any means, but Apple assassination from within >the ranks is quite distressing.
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