On 09/20/2011 02:15 PM, Chris McQuistion wrote:
If I were thinking of a getting a computer from Mom/Grandma, I would
seriously consider a Mac.
Chris
Friend of out got his father a Mac. He is 92. He loves it. Now
he are also planing on getting a Mac when the time comes.
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Interesting feedback guys, thanks. Since I do so much audio work myself, I'm
a Mac fan, but I've already been told how Macs are too expensive, etc, etc.
- this person will be getting a PC, which fortunately, they have someone
closer than me to help support. But yeah, from a personal standpoint,
On Saturday, September 24, 2011, Drew cothar...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting feedback guys, thanks. Since I do so much audio work myself,
I'm a Mac fan, but I've already been told how Macs are too expensive, etc,
etc. - this person will be getting a PC, which fortunately, they have
someone closer
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Michael Chaney
mdcha...@michaelchaney.comwrote:
On Saturday, September 24, 2011, Drew cothar...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting feedback guys, thanks. Since I do so much audio work myself,
I'm a Mac fan, but I've already been told how Macs are too expensive, etc,
Historically the value proposition of the mac is you get less hardware
for the $$,
but you get higher functionality for the $$.
Hardware with basically a similar instruction set, speed, memory, i/o
capability wrapped with
the Mac name on it used to be about 45% more expensive than the same
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Michael Chaney
mdcha...@michaelchaney.com wrote:
As I said earlier, I don't buy the idea that Macs are more expensive than
PCs, based on my observation of their usable lifespans. They cost more up
front, but that's more than made up for in the lifespan. Oh
Mac Mini $599 + $35 (+ shipping) gets you a very nice Mac for not much
money. If you already have a monitor and USB keyboard and mouse, you don't
have to buy anything else even if they it is not a Mac keyboard. Or an
additional $20 will get you a 3rd party Mac happy keyboard so you are still
