On Apr 19, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote:
lana, a new intel Mac mini is actually $599. The introductory price
for an
iPad is $499.
and the Mini still needs a monitor/keyboard....and a power cord.
Unless you buy a used mac, that's a different story. For 1/5
of the iPad's intro price, you can buy yourself a decent Power Mac G4
Quicksilver, and run leopard on it.
Yeah, but laying a G4 in your lap to read a book is, shall we say,
JUST a little inconvenient? :-)
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