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From: JF Mezei on 3 Jan 2010 16:45 Priam, why do you insist with our arguments ? If you just said "you pay an apple tax". You would make your point and most would agree. But you insist in comparing apples with oranges. You can't compare the cost of a bare motherboard with that of a fully kitted system in a box and delivered to your home for free and with telephone support given by experts in north america. Everyone knows that Apple systems are not in the low end of the market. Everyone knows that you can do most tasks for a low end system. There is no value or point in you constantly repeating this argument. Yes, there is a price difference, but the difference is not as big as you claim. You exagerate the difference and this devalues your arguments. If Apple comes out with a new model that is underperforming compared to the others, you are welcome to *point it out*. But comparing your $99 motherboard with a MacPro is not a fair comparison.
From: Priam on 3 Jan 2010 16:48 On 01/03/2010 03:40 PM, Priam wrote: > On 01/03/2010 01:54 PM, Lloyd Parsons wrote: > >> Which company is producing that complete unit? > > Any compuetr shop. You have the specs. Go to NewEgg and figure out the > price. Add ~$70 for assembly. You have the total price. > > For good measure, I suggest you select a 1TB drive instead of 640 GB. > It's only $10 more.+ On csma, I began a thread entitled: Sinking the value of the G5 series It asks if it's really normal that a company as rich as Apple stops support for the G series 6 months after the end of the extended guarantee while it has all the OS X code in its hands and all that is left to do is compile it for the PowerPC architecture. Pretty much all Linux distributions support Mac's PowerPC line. How come Apple doesn't? So far, I have one answer. What the hell does it take before you people understand what's going on? I'm watching a film. Will be back.
From: Tim McNamara on 3 Jan 2010 17:21 In article <00bce594$0$23807$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Priam, > > why do you insist with our arguments ? Because Priam is a troll. > If you just said "you pay an apple tax". You would make your point > and most would agree. There is no "Apple tax." Unlike the "Microsoft tax" paid by almost everyone who buys a PC, whether they use Windows or not. > But you insist in comparing apples with oranges. You can't compare > the cost of a bare motherboard with that of a fully kitted system in > a box and delivered to your home for free and with telephone support > given by experts in north america. > > Everyone knows that Apple systems are not in the low end of the > market. Everyone knows that you can do most tasks for a low end > system. There is no value or point in you constantly repeating this > argument. > > Yes, there is a price difference, but the difference is not as big as > you claim. You exagerate the difference and this devalues your > arguments. > > If Apple comes out with a new model that is underperforming compared > to the others, you are welcome to *point it out*. > > But comparing your $99 motherboard with a MacPro is not a fair > comparison. Priam is not about fair comparisons. He is about bashing Apple. Been that way for a very long time. Priam is best killfiled or otherwise ignored. -- "I wear the cheese, it does not wear me."
From: William Clark on 3 Jan 2010 17:51 In article <lloydparsons-7997C5.15183503012010(a)port80.individual.net>, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote: > In article <hhqvag$t9q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Priam <priam(a)notsosure.com> wrote: > > > On 01/03/2010 01:54 PM, Lloyd Parsons wrote: > > > > > Which company is producing that complete unit? > > > > Any compuetr shop. You have the specs. Go to NewEgg and figure out the > > price. Add ~$70 for assembly. You have the total price. > > > > For good measure, I suggest you select a 1TB drive instead of 640 GB. > > It's only $10 more.+ > > No Priam, you misunderstand. I'm not at all interested in some > 'computers shop' putting together what they think will all work > together. Been there, done that, used to make and sell them myself. > > Now I buy from brand name companies that stand behind their product and > will be open tomorrow. So just point me to the model of the Dell, HP or > Sony that can do what you claim, and I'll go look. > > Otherwise, go back to your hobby stuff. He clearly has some major hang up about Macs - why else would he have to spend hours of his time trying to put them down on this ng? My guess is that some girl once chose a smooth Mac user's BMW over his Corvette, and he has never got over it.
From: Lloyd Parsons on 3 Jan 2010 17:59
In article <wclark2-A83041.17512803012010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > In article <lloydparsons-7997C5.15183503012010(a)port80.individual.net>, > Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > In article <hhqvag$t9q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > Priam <priam(a)notsosure.com> wrote: > > > > > On 01/03/2010 01:54 PM, Lloyd Parsons wrote: > > > > > > > Which company is producing that complete unit? > > > > > > Any compuetr shop. You have the specs. Go to NewEgg and figure out the > > > price. Add ~$70 for assembly. You have the total price. > > > > > > For good measure, I suggest you select a 1TB drive instead of 640 GB. > > > It's only $10 more.+ > > > > No Priam, you misunderstand. I'm not at all interested in some > > 'computers shop' putting together what they think will all work > > together. Been there, done that, used to make and sell them myself. > > > > Now I buy from brand name companies that stand behind their product and > > will be open tomorrow. So just point me to the model of the Dell, HP or > > Sony that can do what you claim, and I'll go look. > > > > Otherwise, go back to your hobby stuff. > > He clearly has some major hang up about Macs - why else would he have to > spend hours of his time trying to put them down on this ng? My guess is > that some girl once chose a smooth Mac user's BMW over his Corvette, and > he has never got over it. Given his obsession with cheap, I'd say more likely a Corvair instead of a Corvette... :) |