Re: Apple officially signs own death warrant


<atasselli@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Davoud wrote:
>> tedkord@xxxxxxxxxx:

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>> In terms of dollar cost, equip a Wintel tower with the ports and
>> software that came standard on my Dual G5's -- FW 400/800, Gigabit
>> Ethernet, Optical ports, SuperDrive, iMovie, iDVD, (sorry, nothing in
>> the Windows world compares to the latter), GarageBand (ditto), and
>> it'll likely cost what my Mac cost -- if not more. Don't forget to add
>> the bevy of security software that the Wintel machine needs, and the
>> time you will spend (@ $60 to $80 per hour?) cleansing viruses and
>> spyware.
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> For the 500 USD that the MiniMac is going to cost I can get a Wintel
> box so much better that you'll need 64bit word to quantify it. As for
> viruses and the likes I have yet to spend 1 quid since I started more
> than 20 years ago.
>


For twice that I can build one that will give that G 5 a run for it's $$$

For three times that I can build one that will eat that G 5 :)


And there will always be that need for speed, that Apple cant
deliver on now..........











Allan


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