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 less $$$ would have a faster processor, more memory, and Windows Media (and remote). There are open source or free versions of the other programs included. I can freely get iTunes on my PC (I have it), and most companies ship some sort of lame-o photo/movie editing package as well. Of course, it really is personal preference, but I don't think anyone can really argue price point on Macs. Now, iPods is a totally different thing and I do think they are quite competitively priced. That said, iLife is OK. I've tried it and it's obviously very good for new computer users, (esp iPhoto), but Apple doesn't compete well feature for feature against other programs. I purchased the iWork suite when it came out and I have to say I was underwhelmed. I was even more surprised when it couldn't render brochure designs to html as promised on the package. I do think we've come to expect extraordinary things from Apple, and when they don't deliver, we're quick to disappoint. Though I haven't used it, I've heard GarageBand is very nice. I remember the good old Mac days with products like More, Claris CAD, Claris Impact, none of which have been equalled by *anything* since, for ease-of-use and value proposition. I'm sure MS is to blame for a lot of it. Heck, I really LIKED MacWrite! It was so easy to use and made so much sense from a UI point of view. One point not mentioned about the new BootCamp dual boot option: I wonder how much Adobe's decision not to port Photoshop to Universal binary for 18 months has affected Apple? I mean, if a majority of Mac users use their Macs to do Photo editing and Graphic work w/Photoshop, then that's got to be really bad news for them. Perhaps releasing BootCamp helps convince those users to go ahead and upgrade to Intel Macs and just buy a Windows version of Photoshop (expensive alternative!) best, Chipp _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
