> Nick wrote: > 2k? Damn, that is nearly 1k more than it should cost. >
You can look at all the numbers and make a decision, but that's like buying a car by looking at the horsepower and never driving it: 1.) It's the torque, 2.) It's how the engine is designed to create the torque and when, and 3.) It's how the car is designed manage the torque when it does occur. For an example of this see this animation: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/virtual/112_0702_luxury_sports_sedan_comparison_vrt You can see how the *horsepower* of the M5 pulls it ahead in the straightaways, but the suspension and all wheel drive of the S6 keep it ahead in the twisties; and ahead for most of the race. If you look purely at the numbers including weight, the M5 or the E63 should easily win but it doesn't. Why? Because while the Audi S6 has lower numbers it uses what it has MUCH better and is, therefore, the superior car in the twisties. For me, that makes it more fun to drive. Macs and PCs are the same: if you want to do real work - twisties - the Mac FAR outshines any PC simply because, from a user perspective, it's so much more efficient and to use. To discover this, however, you actually have to use one as this PC zealot did and discovered what he'd been missing: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010759 And he won't go back. And he'll pay the 2k. Why? Because, overall, it's just a better *machine* and when you use a machine to do work, if you're smart, you pick the most efficient one you can. The Mac is that machine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
