Stephen Barncard wrote:
Hell, I don't want to start a platform war on this list - the thing
is that Rev brings us together - and platform wars are boring and
stupid.
-
Yes, we're all a bit up tight. But I wouldn't call a mildly
argumentative discussion war, at least not yet! The
Francis Nugent Dixon wrote:
Hi from Paris,
Just a minor point about Brazil, apart from it being the most
fantastic country. Anything that is imported into Brazil costs
an arm and a leg, due to exhorbitant import taxes. The basic
idea is, Buy Brazilian (even when it doesn't exist).
I remember
Chipp Walters / Richard Gaskin wrote:
Spoke too quick. Turns out the Mac Mini I was referring to was not a
Core Duo but Core Solo. Bummer. So, now a 1.66Ghz, 1GB memory, 100Gb
hard drive MacMini costs $959 (without tax). Add a OEM version of WinXP
Home and you're up over $1000. I can get way
Richard Gaskin /Chipp Walters wrote:
Or blow off both OS vendors and cut the price in half by getting just
about any Linux pre-installed system.
Yeah, let me know how Rev on Linux goes. I'm right behind the well-worn
path you blaze!
Dan Shafer wrote:
But as soon as Linux support for Rev is
Why on earth is a mac mini three times as expensive in Brazil as in
the US? Is it Apple, local distributors or some kind of tax? Surely,
if not a tax (in which case, it's not a question of business logic),
there's some kind of opportunity for someone there.
Best,
Mark
On 19 Apr 2006, at
On 19.04.2006, at 07:16, Chipp Walters wrote:
Hi Chip,
I hape I can say it english as i could in german. Let me try:
I dont understand why you are whining so often about the Mac prices
and the good old times of great tools. Anf praises the glory of Win
all the time.
The computer I would
Mark Smith wrote:
Why on earth is a mac mini three times as expensive in Brazil as in
the US? Is it Apple, local distributors or some kind of tax? Surely,
if not a tax (in which case, it's not a question of business logic),
there's some kind of opportunity for someone there.
On comparing the 'Mac Experience' to Linux on an Intel box on price
alone -- I can't believe some of the pros here can't tell the
difference. And yes, UBUNTU is very good these days. Looks ok on a
Mac.
But for me, it's not only the OS, but the quality of the hardware
(not the lowest bidder).
Here, in the UK, the Apple Store offers that machine for 599 UKP,
which currently is 1073 USD, 911 without UK tax. The US Apple Store
offers it for 799 USD, so it would seem that Apple are charging UK
customers a premium of 112 USD. We brits have complained about this
for years, but to no
Hi from Paris,
Just a minor point about Brazil, apart from it being the most
fantastic country. Anything that is imported into Brazil costs
an arm and a leg, due to exhorbitant import taxes. The basic
idea is, Buy Brazilian (even when it doesn't exist).
I remember arriving in Brazil to do a 2
Mark Smith wrote:
Why on earth is a mac mini three times as expensive in Brazil as in
the US? Is it Apple, local distributors or some kind of tax? Surely,
if not a tax (in which case, it's not a question of business logic),
there's some kind of opportunity for someone there.
Ah, but Chipp, the fly in your ointment (oooh, ugly metaphor) is the word
just. The premium buys you (in the best scenario):
* more secure Vista
* more stable Vista
* OS X and all its charms
(BTW, I blogged this one at http://www.danshafer.com/onemind/?q=node/98
On 4/17/06, Chipp Walters
Dan,
Vista's not even out and who knows if it ever will be? And even then,
who knows what the security issues will be... certainly not our friend
Cringely. For me to pay a 33% premium now on _THAT BET_, a computer
which doesn't even have a Windows key (yes, I do use the Windows key a
bunch),
Spoke too quick. Turns out the Mac Mini I was referring to was not a
Core Duo but Core Solo. Bummer. So, now a 1.66Ghz, 1GB memory, 100Gb
hard drive MacMini costs $959 (without tax). Add a OEM version of WinXP
Home and you're up over $1000. I can get way much more down at the
CompUSA for way
Chipp Walters wrote:
Spoke too quick. Turns out the Mac Mini I was referring to was not a
Core Duo but Core Solo. Bummer. So, now a 1.66Ghz, 1GB memory, 100Gb
hard drive MacMini costs $959 (without tax). Add a OEM version of WinXP
Home and you're up over $1000. I can get way much more down at
Richard Gaskin wrote:
Or blow off both OS vendors and cut the price in half by getting just
about any Linux pre-installed system.
Yeah, let me know how Rev on Linux goes. I'm right behind the well-worn
path you blaze!
-C
___
use-revolution
Desktop Linux is becoming a viable alternative. I keep a fairly close eye on
that world. But it's not quite there yet. Some software gaps and a few
remaining instances of data interchange issues that rear their ugly head
from time to time.
I'm a Mac guy. Have been since the first Macs shipped.
While you would just use it to run Revolution, for people who buy it
to do general purpose computing the software included is quite a
deal. Not just the OS, but all of the creative apps, Front Row w/
the IR remote etc.
http://www.apple.com/macmini/whatsinside.html
On Apr 18, 2006, at
Hi Todd,
Todd Higgins wrote:
While you would just use it to run Revolution, for people who buy it to
do general purpose computing the software included is quite a deal. Not
just the OS, but all of the creative apps, Front Row w/ the IR remote etc.
The computer I would get from CompUSA for
Chipp,
Doesn't Adobe allow you to pay a small fee to 'cross-grade' from one
platform to the other? Or was it Macromedia? I'm pretty certain that one
of those two companies (now the same one, of course) didn't make it really
financially painful to switch platforms...
Judy
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006,
Interesting, but you're right, Cringely often is not.
Couple serious holes, among them the fact I just bought a Sony Core Duo
laptop including 1Gb RAM, DVD read/write, integrated camera, PCMCIA slot
and slots for all other 'card media', Fire-wire, and ULTRA-BRITE display
for only $1300.
You
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