Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-26 Thread Chris Gehlker
On Apr 26, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Kurt Granroth wrote: Chris Gehlker wrote: On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Kurt Granroth wrote: But it [the iLife suite] does so in a completely and totally locked down fashion. All files are sucked in, converted to the iLife formats, and good luck ever

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-25 Thread Kurt Granroth
Craig White wrote: never missing an opportunity to pile on... [snip] I honestly think that the reason Apple has customers is because the people who buy Apple think the only alternative is Windows. Which is why so many Linux people I know also have Macs wait, that doesn't follow at all.

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 20:28 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: Donn wrote: Thank you Austin. That was part of my point. OS X has ONE Price and One version. It also has none of the typical Windows issues with Registry hell, reboot after sneezing hard, corruption of basic services by

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-24 Thread Judd Pickell
I honestly think that the reason Apple has customers is because the people who buy Apple think the only alternative is Windows. That or they need the multimedia properties and software that have been do well done on the Mac. Simple fact is Windows can't touch them on that account for

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 20:45 -0700, Judd Pickell wrote: I honestly think that the reason Apple has customers is because the people who buy Apple think the only alternative is Windows. That or they need the multimedia properties and software that have been do well done on the Mac.

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-24 Thread Mike Garfias
On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Craig White wrote: As for the hardware...until you need repairs and then you have to confront a revolutionary new business model...PreferredCare. $100 extortion fee and they repair in 2/3 days. If you don't pay the fee, repair in 1/3 weeks. Warranty is not

Re: Proprietary elegance good enough? (Was: Re: OT: notebook shopping)

2008-04-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 21:10 -0700, Mike Garfias wrote: On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Craig White wrote: As for the hardware...until you need repairs and then you have to confront a revolutionary new business model...PreferredCare. $100 extortion fee and they repair in 2/3 days. If you