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Subject: [Leica] OT: Mac wannabees
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:50:32 +0530
References: <6a7544a60912051708q69d5fadeuf5d7e0a544b617e4@mail.gmail.com> <4B1B0E31.7080308@comporium.net> <884DB2C4-FB74-4F72-B43D-6A0769152526@bex.net>

Howard,
I can build a computer precisely to my requirements, with the best
components available (Asus,Corsair,etc), at a very reasonable cost. Can you
do that if you want an Apple OS computer? Steve Jobs will have your head for
breakfast if you tried.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/11/apple_crushes_c.html


Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> On Dec 5, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
> > I do not understand your logic here.  Mac is good because you can run
> Windows on it?
>
> No, Mac is good because you can run Mac OS and Windows on it.
> And because it has superior reliability and customer-service ratings.
>
> > Mac keyboards are good because you can adapt them to be just like
> Windows?
>
> No, it's why their slight differences are not a deterrent.
>
> > Why should I pay twice as much so I can run Windows programs on a Windows
> keyboard labeled as a Mac.  I don't understand.
>
> Can you actually find the equivalent of a 21-inch iMac (all screen, no box,
> $1100) 3 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, DVD etc from Dell, HP, etc
> for under $600?
>
> ?howard
>
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Replies: Reply from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)
Reply from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] OT: Mac wannabees)