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Weblog:   Mac vs. PC, a small cost comparison experiment
Subject:   Future numbers
Date:   2004-05-17 08:34:54
From:   boo
In the future, we will each spent $20 in human labour hours (1) arguing about whether a Mac costs 25% more or less than a PC - which will amount to about $2.50.


Nonetheless, I've astutely discovered an important trend: Macs get cheaper and better every year. In 1996, I spent $12,000 on a hopped-up, top-of-the-line Mac to edit video. It really just didn't work. Today, a $799 eMac will let you edit multi-layered, broadcast quality video without breaking a sweat.


It seems to me that the cost of one's chosen religion is increasingly cheaper year on year, making the differences in costs between religions somewhat irrelevant.


Personally, I'm not gonna change religions to save a couple bucks. Changing religions is, by definition, not an option. (It's a re-lig-ion!)
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  • Future numbers
    2004-05-17 08:50:03  GJJ [Reply | View]

    This article is worthless. My home experiment got me a great 2.4 GHZ AMD Athlon system with 512 RAM for ~$600 bucks. If I didn't go through a reseller, I could build it for half that. Plop Linux and a bunch of open source editing tools on there and you have a decent small time editing system...

    On the other hand, if you add mor ram, a couple of extra processors and other niceties, it would be hard to have a high end system for a relatively low cost.

    This example shows nothing new (neither does mine)... use the tools that you are comfortable with (price AND feature wise).
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