Article:		Developer Notes from WWDC 2003
Subject:		price
Date:		2003-06-24 16:39:17
From:		anonymous2
Response to: price
So your talking about a low-end consumer machine, I think your in the wrong area. The area for cheap throwaway computers is to your left and down a couple of blocks next to the Pinto over there. Do you see it? I guess you can buy a $500 dollar PC every year but why not just get a G5 for $46 a month using Apple loan. It is an operating expense and immediately deductable. Mac's average a 5-7 year life and Apple has historically designed their OS's to work with older hardware. I mean the G3 running at 300Mhz can run OS X very well with enough RAM. If you want to save money, do it smartly.

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  2003-06-24 17:55:09  revdiablo [Reply | View]
  
  

  Thank you for your demeaning attitude, but it's entirely unfounded. I buy cheap PC hardware and use it satisfactorily for years. I fail to see why Mac hardware has to be any different -- it is essentially the same stuff (i.e. silicon, aluminum, copper, etc). Maybe I haven't looked hard enough into avenues of obtaining used Mac hardware, but everything they sell on Apple.com is just too much.

  
  
  

  PS: People like you insulting my intelligence and level of computer use is the type of thing that makes me want to investigate Mac hardware even less. I may not require the shiniest new machines out there, but I'd hardly call myself a low-end consumer. Oh well... this is getting pointless.