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Skriven 2007-01-14 11:07:48 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26712 av JEAN PARROT (1:123/140)
Ärende: Costs ?
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On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:31:00 -0500, JEAN PARROT -> ALAN ZISMAN wrote:


 JP>      Hello Alan, nice talking to you !

 AZ>> re. Mac costs-- the problem that I have when you write this, is that
 AZ>> you tend to refer to one particular Mac model and compare it to all/any
 AZ>> PC.

 JP>          I am sure glad that this is kept on a friendly level, I am not
 JP>     that mean just a little biased.

Biases are fine... that's what your tagline is for!

 AZ>> you can always find a 'valid' PC cheaper than ANY Mac model, but
 AZ>> that doesn't mean that the Mac model in the flyer that you're
 AZ>> referring to is the most affordable 'valid' Mac model.

 JP>          Do you have a Staples store in VR ?  Here they had a flyer
 JP>     with some Macs in it and as much as I tried, I could not find a
 JP>     cheap cost to any of them.

We do have Staples... I haven't noticed local Staples stores or
advertising having any Macs... Future Shop and Best Buy sometimes
include Macs in their fliers- but they only stock a few models,
while they sell a a much wider range of Windows systems. Not a good
choice for comparison information. Better, perhaps, would be to
go online- for example, www.apple.ca/store will get you to the
Apple Canada store. (Choice of English or French).

 AZ>> Similarly, in older messages, you've tended to refer to your son's
 AZ>> habit of purchasing top-end Mac laptops, and then compare their
 JP>   pricing AZ> to low-end PC laptops, ignoring that Apple markets more
 JP>   affordable AZ> laptops which your son didn't buy.

 JP>          We all have a cross to bear, he is one as a Mac user. Tee !
 JP>     hee ! He is getting to be a senior member now and his wages afford
 JP>     him all kinds of goodies, no restrain. This is why he goes for the
 JP>     best. But he is worst than I, he does not use 2% of what his system
 JP>     can do. Got a system with a +/- DVD burner and never even bought a
 JP>     blank DVD medium. All he does is surf, he does not even now have a
 JP>     printer of any kind. I think that a system without a printer is
 JP>     hobbling along.  That is me !

Most computer users- whether Mac or Windows- tend to only use a few
programs over and over... and only use a small percentage of those
programs' features. (Microsoft has complained re. the complexity of
MS Office that while typical users only 10% of the program's features,
different 'typical' users use different 10%'s... as well, there is
not much market for simpler/feature-reduced software).

 AZ>> You've got to compare Apples and oranges.

 JP>          I was, on that flier. Tee ! I just got it, the pun: Apples and
 JP>          oranges. I thought that it was Big Blue.

 AZ>> Your point about not being able to home-built a Mac is certainly
 JP>   true, AZ> however.

 JP>          There again is the 'me" syndrome. I am a tinkerer and have
 JP>     built or repaired all kinds of systems. To say nothing of outboards,
 JP>     airplane motors, clocks and what-have-you, I jump into anything
 JP>     electronic and learn as I go. This is why I could build this system
 JP>     here and it was with the help of JimH lately of O'do.

 JP>          Alan, do not get me wrong even if I could have left that
 JP>     impression. I know that the Mac is a fine machine, just not for me.
 JP>     My son does what he wants with his and so does his Mom now, I have a
 JP>     more simple system but I use it fully, methinks !

 JP>          I solemnly promise to never mention this again, it leads to
 JP>     nothing. To each his own.


No need to promise... though it DOES seem to lead to nothing.


 JP> ..This system is back to MS Network.
 JP> ..     I removed the Trendnet SW.


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