On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Grant Robinson wrote: > Yep. I agree with you. Personally, I would buy neither the $800 PC or > the $800 Mac. Why is that, you may ask? Because I, like Bryan, like > to be able to have some flexibility. I would submit that although a > $800 PC is more upgradeable than the $800 Mac, it's still not what I > would want. A typical $800 PC from Dell has shared on-board video > memory, integrated 10/100 Ethernet and sound, etc. If I want a PC, I > will build my own with what I want for not much more than I would pay > from Dell, and it will be quality stuff, with none of this shared video > memory stuff.
Macs keep looking nicer and nicer to me, and I keep wanting to believe that the cost is nearly the same, but when it comes right down to it, I can get a computer ordering parts from mwave.com that's equivalent or better to your $800 Mac for around $400. I really do want to pay that extra cash for a Mac, but I just don't have it to pay. Even looking at laptops recently, I keep wanting to convince myself that Mac laptops are just as cheap as similar PC laptops--and yet I still keep finding these cheap laptops that are similar in functionality, at least as far as what I'm doing is concerned, for hundreds of dollars less. Now, to try to keep this from becoming a "macs are expensive no they aren't" rantish thread ;-) ... I do have a question about laptops. Although I probably won't be getting one in the _near_ future, I keep looking for laptops and was wondering if anyone has suggestions on a laptop that is (a) very small and (b) supports linux well (of course). I keep drooling over these: http://www.vaio.net/models/notebooks/tr/ to give you an example of what I'd _really_ like to have. Less than eleven inches by eight inches--smaller than a sheet of paper--and yet still has a decent-size screen and keyboard. I don't really need all the upper-level features, however, and I'd prefer an eraser-type mouse, especially if it meant a smaller form factor or larger keyboard. Does anybody have any suggestions? Really cheap suggestions would be great too, even if they don't have DVD players or CD writers or a built-in webcam like the Vaio. Even if it's a fraction of the ram and processor speed, the tiny size is really what I'm after. ~ ross ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
