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Developer Notes from WWDC 2003 | |
| Subject: | price | |
| Date: | 2003-06-24 17:55:09 | |
| From: | revdiablo | |
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Response to: price
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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. |
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Same Stuff???
2003-06-26 14:19:32 anonymous2 [Reply | View]
revdiablo wrote: " I fail to see why Mac hardware has to be any different -- it is essentially the same stuff (i.e. silicon, aluminum, copper, etc)."
Just like Mac OS X must be equivalent to Windoze because it's all just lines of code? Just like you must be just like me because we're both made of molecules? That's a ridulous statement. I feel for you, we all wish we could have a G5 for $500 but it's simply not realistic (at least, at this time). If that really is your absolute limit, buy used or go down to Costco and get your $500 eMachines. Within a month you will be hating life and going blind from staring at the crappy monitor you added for $50. I have a number of friends who went this route and most now regret it (IOW, no computer is better than a bottom-of-the-barrel cheapo one).
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2003-06-24 20:34:50 anonymous2 [Reply | View]
I can understand this person wanting to get into Mac OS X for $500 ... there is nothing wrong with that. To many people that's a month's rent and more users of Mac OS X is good news for everyone. I suggest you try and get your hands on ANY model G4 with 400Mhz or greater on EBay and pick up a used 15 or 17" VGA monitor for $50 to $70. My kids have an old 233Mhz original iMac with 192MB RAM and it runs OS 9 great and can run OS X although a little sluggish.
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2003-06-24 18:24:21 anonymous2 [Reply | View]
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.
Yes, I agree this is pointless. But here I go.
I have to use your statements. Sorry. It's not meant to be insulting. However, you stated you are not willing to spend more than 500 for a complete system.
Bottom line: you are not a customer Apple wants, if you are not willing to look at bang/buck. Likewise, it would be hard to get a real estate agent to return your calls if you won't go above a 300/mo. mortgage payment.
What does your 500 bring to Apple? Nothing recent. E-Bay may be a good place to start, though.
I want Apple to continue to allow me to get my work done fast (in terms of workflow), and enjoy it when I do work. I am willing to pay a little more (well, apparently over 1000 more than you) to make my work/play more pleasant. I will budget for it, just as I budget for other major purchases, that represent major outlets of my time.
No one was insulting your intelligence. You came to this site with, let's be honest, a ridiculous statement. 500 is bottom of the barrel with any vendor, much less Apple.
OK. My fingers are tired.
I fail to see why i should drive anything other than what you are driving. After all, a car is a car? Right? Why does anyone want a ferrari? why don't we all drive what i drive? my intelligence dicates this to be so.
I fail to see why people should have a choice in computing platforms. After all, what is good for the market share should be good for everybody.
I fail to see why you don't use a commodore 64 instead of a pee cee, after all it is the same stuff as a....
I do see that you have failed to get *it*
hugs and kisses you intelligent person you....