On 2/24/05 1:41 AM, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For some, a Mac is a status
symbol like a luxury car and they will pay any amount to obtain one...
The last time I saw so much BS I was hauling a honey wagon. People buy Macs
for a single reason - it is the tool that works for them. Your
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Or to use my Grandmother's words:
Some people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
Really cool!!
I'll keep that for my next PC-Mac argument!!
Larry
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From: Chris H. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yep, I wouldn't part with my dawg or my Macs for nuttin honey.
Nor would I but I have to speak / meet people some times,
and me and my son have 50-60 racing games not available
for the Mac...
Larry
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On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:41 PM, Dyna wrote:
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware here-
So was he.
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On 23 Feb2005, at 1:43 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
when you compare Macintosh with similarly
equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more
expensive than the Mac.
That's my experience also.
When I recently shopped for a Powerbook, Windoze machines seemed to be
On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:41 PM, Dyna wrote:
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware here-
So was he.
OK, so let's compare hardware... I work for America's 3rd
largest employer, the Postal Service. They've been sucked into the
Micro$oft vortex and the official laptop and
The last time I saw so much BS I was hauling a honey wagon. People buy
Macs
for a single reason - it is the tool that works for them.
And you know that because you asked every one of them?
Personally, there were many reasons why I bought my first Mac, and the
one you mentioned wasn't among them.
From: Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
People buy Macs for a single reason - it is the tool that works for them.
And you know that because you asked every one of them?
Personally, there were many reasons why I bought my first Mac, and the one
you mentioned wasn't among them.
I am one of the
Working in the industry I have to say I agree with Larry's assessment of why
people use Mac. I think that's why we published the Mac Bible. :)
Mimi~
From: Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
People buy Macs for a single reason - it is the tool that works for them.
And you know that because
On Feb 24, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Dyna wrote:
On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:41 PM, Dyna wrote:
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware here-
So was he.
First it's 'subpoena', and if your employer is doing that to your
laptop, you've got more problems than whether you're using Windows,
At 12:41 AM -0600 2/24/05, Dyna wrote:
. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh with similarly
equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more
expensive than the Mac.
-Laurent.
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware
here- I have refused gifts of
Clark Martin wrote:
At 12:41 AM -0600 2/24/05, Dyna wrote:
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware here-
I have refused gifts of bootleg Windoze with no regrets! Looking Mac
and PC hardware these days one finds that a lot of the parts (hard
drives, optical drives,
On 2/24/05 12:11 PM, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The last time I saw so much BS I was hauling a honey wagon. People buy
Macs
for a single reason - it is the tool that works for them.
And you know that because you asked every one of them?
Personally, there were many reasons
On Feb 24, 2005, at 1:41 AM, Dyna wrote:
. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh with similarly
equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more
expensive than the Mac.
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware here
Whereas Laurent was comparing
If you compare a VW and a Mercedes you will see tires, a steering
wheel, seats... does that make them equal?
Which VW and Daimler-Chrysler products are you comparing- VW
makes cars from the low priced subcompacts up to the Phaeton,
Touraeg/Cayanne, Audi, and Bentley and light and medium
Hi!
I have been doing some serious thinking and have realised
that maybe a PowerBook isn't what I really need, but a slightly
more powerfull, but semi-moveable computer, and when I
read on Apple's site that the iMac G5 is even sold as a moveable
machine, I figured that maybe I should consider this
At 9:46 AM +0100 2/23/05, Larry le Mac wrote:
Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ?
Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and
buy a new computer. If you wait for the next edition, you'll never
buy anything.
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Windows is a
From: Dennis B. Swaney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and buy a
new computer.
Yes, it's happened twice to me with Powerbooks, and NOW is
the time to buy an AlBook, but looking at the iMac G5 it's been
fairly quiet...
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If you wait for the next
It's hard to say, Apple did a good job over the last year of falling
completely out of their upgrade cycle in several lines. The iMac G5
has remained the same since September when it was released. Typically
apple revamps each series every 6 months or so, so March-April would be
a good guess,
Larry,
On 23-Feb-05, at 7:02 AM, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Dennis B. Swaney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and
buy a new computer.
Yes, it's happened twice to me with Powerbooks, and NOW is
the time to buy an AlBook, but looking at the iMac G5
At 9:46 AM +0100 2/23/05, Larry le Mac wrote:
Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ?
Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and
buy a new computer. If you wait for the next edition, you'll never
buy anything.
True, but not completely.
A friend of mine wanted to
From: Brian Rule [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you want one, keep an eye on www.macrumors.com and I wouldn't wait any
longer than a month or month and a half if you absolutely need the most up
to date version.
I don't have to have, it's that as I have decided to buy brand new
instead of buying and then
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/02/20050221032355.shtml
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On 23-Feb-05, at 9:17 AM, Larry le Mac wrote:
I don't have to have, it's that as I have decided to buy brand new
instead of buying and then selling to buy something else. If I buy
new I will lose if I sell, so therefore I will keep...
I will collapse in shock when you finally make a decision and
The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure
and the market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is
probably extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial
upgrade and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the PC
makers have responded to the Mini
On 23/02/05 12:48, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure
and the market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is
probably extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial
upgrade and/or it's price cut to under $1000.
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not going to flame you because I take your whole argumentation
as your own opinion. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh
with similarly equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end
up being far more expensive than the Mac.
I started this
On 24 Feb 2005, at 04:48, Dyna wrote:
The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure and the
market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is probably
extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial upgrade
and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the
Dell:
Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine
it on a laptop!)
Apple:
Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated
graphics)
TECHNICALLY, they're both integrated. It's just that one is using a
chipset built by a company that does nothing but
On 24 Feb 2005, at 12:19, Steve Fuller wrote:
Dell:
Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine
it on a laptop!)
Apple:
Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated
graphics)
TECHNICALLY, they're both integrated. It's just that one is using a
There is a saying; the more I meet people the more I like my dog,
well, mine is the more I use PCs the more I love my Mac(s)...
In my world money is an OBJECT!
I run a couple of macs at a sever budget. PeeCees at the same price I
pay for my macs would be serious crap.
I just went out an picked
On 24 Feb 2005, at 14:29, Brian Stewart wrote:
Quick Question... Why cripple the CPU cache on the laptops? My old
G4 has a 1MB cache and this thing has only 256K
The faster bus speed and clock speed are crippled with such a small
cache?
Go for a powerbook!!!
IIRC the older G4's cache ran
My new 1.5GHz 12 feels awfully fast to me, regardless of cache size. Much
faster than the 2.2GHz Pentium 4 desktop I am stuck using at work.
Andrew
On 2/23/05 8:12 PM, Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 24 Feb 2005, at 14:29, Brian Stewart wrote:
Quick Question... Why cripple the CPU
On Feb 23, 2005, at 16:10, G-Books wrote:
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From: Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PCs are crap (was Not a PowerBook after all...?
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:13:39 +0100
I have just spent an our with my son on our PC, a 600MHz AMD with
32MB video card and fairly
. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh with similarly
equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more
expensive than the Mac.
-Laurent.
Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware
here- I have refused gifts of bootleg Windoze with no regrets!
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