Amen!
I'm retired at age 55 with no debt because for the last
couple decades I've bought what I need instead of what I want. I buy
a new compact car every 10 years, live in a house I inherited and
rehabbed, and buy the cheapest new Mac every 5 years or so. My one
disappointment with Apple was when I gave in and laid out $2200 for a
Pismo that didn't even make it 5 years. My $800 iMac amd $500 Mac
Mini are doing just fine though.
Meanwhile, my friend has been doing her part to juice the
economy- she and her partner buy a new $25,000 minivan every 3 years,
move every 10 years, and will probably never be solvent enough to
retire. I finally talked her into a Mac to replace the $2000+ PC she
bought 5 years ago. A $500 Mac Mini would have met her e-mail and web
surfing needs just fine.... but instead she pulled out her plastic
and blew nearly $2000 on a loaded iMac with the unproven Intel
processor. She justified this overkill by saying she needs the
capacity to do video, but she doesn't even own a digital camera....
so she'll blow another thousand on that.
Propping up the economy is not my responsibility...
Dyna
And whether it be Mac or Intel, Micro$soft or Motorola, it keeps the
economy going. The idea is to buy, buy, buy. This iBook is the 2nd
new Mac I've ever had-the first was a Classic: six or so others were
all 2nd or 3rd hand. I won't tell you how I got most software
because it will start more arguments about Respect For The Law. I'm
a crappy consumer, not putting my shoulder to the wheel any more
than necessary. That's why I like "low-end Mac" - there are more
than enough sites and posts about high-end Mac.
Peter Webster
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http://disturbingthecomfortable.blogspot.com/
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