On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 08:07, Richard Lockwood <richard.lockw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apologies - "Apple Hardware" rather than Macs. Although Macs *are* > primarily consumer hardware. The amount of "tinkerability" has always > been several degrees of magnitude below that of a PC.
Do you mean 'consumer', or 'non-hobbyist'? Most professionals have neither the time nor the inclination to tinker with their PCs, and most IT departments would really rather people didn't! It may seem like I'm quibbling over semantics, but there's a bit of a gulf between 'oh, well, it's just consumers' and 'oh, well, it's just... everybody who isn't a computing hobbyist'. It's pretty moot, though: the gravitation towards laptops means that for many people it's a matter of changing hard disks and RAM, and that's about it. Changing either in my MacBook is easier than any Dell I've ever owned ;) The Mac Mini is an utter pain, though. Not had to open up an iMac, though I gather RAM replacement is easy. The Mac Pro apparently has one of the best-designed cases ever. M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
