On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 00:11, Edward Jackson wrote: > > I think that all of this stems directly from the Mac culture itself. > > The Mac is a drastically less used, more expensive, and a slower > computer (sorry guys....benchmarks vs reality). Despite those huge
As a relative newcomer to the "mac side", I have not noticed much difference wrt to speed. In fact, I had a brand new top-of-the-line Thinkpad next to one of the top-of-the-line Macs and the Mac blew it right out of the water. Websites, etc. loaded/worked much faster. > marketing nightmare's many of us in the culture (as defined when you > put down your hard earned $$ on a Mac) expect more than our constantly > complaining Window's compadre. The facts are hard...that those who buy > Mac's fit one of three patterns....they make their living on a Mac, > they want to make a living on a Mac, or they love the obviously > superior OS. For the first group, an upgrade is simply a necessity of I would add just a bit of a twist on the these categories ... the fourth being that we cannot put up with living in Bill Gate's computing Hell! I converted my entire family over to iBooks/Powerbooks due to support issues around the WinPieceofSh*t du jour. Now I do not get support questions while I am half way around the world on business. > business. For the second group, an upgrade is usually at a student > discount brought to you by student loans. For the third group, an > upgrade (or rather 4 in 4 years) is almost as great of a financial > strain as the damn computer itself. Simply put....Mac user's spend a > great deal of time talking about their Mac. Bragging even. And then I would not paint myself as one of these. Simply put, the machine works, and works very well. Also, the iPod <have 2 of these> and other digital hub stuff just works!! The real benefits of the Mac is that the computer does not get in the way of being productive. Period! > they find that the $3000 they spent three years ago is now completely > obsolete (even an old Dell runs WinDoze XP with minor hardware > upgrades)...and well, that hurts. Blame whomever you like, the pain is I run Linux and other OSs, and there really is no comparisons here. Win2K/WinXP, in my IMNSHO, ran much slower with MAJOR hardware upgrades. Linux, however, is pretty good on older hardware. > still there......in my years as a #3 I often questioned just what the > hell I was doing and why. By the time I am able to afford a new > powerbook they'll have G6's (if Moto and IBM ever kick it into gear). > My Wallstreet, while still functional is OSX Jag, doesn't have > Panther....can't have Panther. Am I complaining? At first I did. At > every chance. Now I just grin and bear it....and the keyboard of the > Wallstreet will get dusty from neglect and the three year old Dell with > the inferior OS will be used more and more. I feel a tad neglected, > rejected even.....but it's all about money kids....Apple can't spend > the next two years updating their OS to run on every computer made in > the last 4 years....that's Microsoft's job.....and while producing an > inferior OS, they still have 95% of the market. Apple is blessed. If > they showed their customers 1/4 of the dedication their customer's > showed them.....they might have a chance in this market. I would have to agree here. Apple could easily double their market share if they actually spent a bit more time understanding how to treat their customers <ever had to return/fix a machine?>. I will continue to use my PB17 and will most likely be purchasing a PB12 and another iBook within the next year. Why, because they fit me and my family's computing needs. -Bob- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
