Well, if she started out her quest [for a laptop] with a set of
inflexible requirements that the real world might not be able to
meet--including parts of the real world like computer stores--she's
limited her options and determined the outcome of her shopping trip
before she's even started.
It's like saying, "I want a flawless one-carat stone, but I require
that the ring should cost no more than $100." Guess what? You're
getting cubic zirconia! Your requirements mean that you never
seriously considered a diamond, regardless of what you told yourself.
In fact, I've got a ring with a cubic zirconia in it, and I like it.
I also got a nice Mac laptop last year, and I like that, too. I
waited for quite some time before I got it, because I didn't have
unrealistic ideas of what macs--or diamonds--should cost. The Mac
was worth waiting for, even though it cost more than a low-end PC
[though it actually cost less than the sleek light-weight PC that was
its only rival, as far as I was concerned].
--Constance Warner
Just won't give up, eh? You seem to always omit one of her
requirements,
accidentally I am sure. She specified a laptop. Last I checked,
iMac was a
desktop. Not very convenient for carrying to her busboy classes at the
community college.
Not to mention that even at $1099 it's $400 more than what she
eventually
bought. Hardly "mere quibbling."
Can you get a 17" laptop from Apple for $1000? Yes or no?
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