> After seeing the difference between cheap tools and professional tools, > I am not tempted by the cheap ones, because they caused me to start the > tasks over, or they broke when I needed to depend on them.
And yet, millions of professional companies, including many in the Fortune 500 range, manage to get their work done and accomplish their goals using Windows. My company does it every day and it would cost us much, much more to do that on Macs. In fact, some of the jobs wouldn't get done at all, since there is no Mac analog for some software. I buy the basic Dell Optiplex models with few bells and whistles on them; they usually cost me ~$700 with a 3-year, on-site warranty (which I rarely need to use); anti-virus software adds about $35/machine/year. I would call them inexpensive, but nothing like cheap. They generally last onwards up to a decade, long after staff are willing to put up with the slower performance compared to newer hardware. I'm sorry that doesn't jive with your expectations of reality. I wonder what you are doing wrong? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
