Mike, maybe these are two diametrically opposed points of view. I look for a quality tool likely to produce a professional result, predictably and efficiently. My joy is the quality of the output and using efficient, well-built tools. You seem to look for the least-expensive tool that can do a reasonable job. Your joy might be in having a large stock of tools of various quality, all low in cost. Maybe these are irreconcilable. I might not be able to work well with you.
Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- If you read, I gave an apple as one of the inexpensive that would do the job. I think you are confusing what I said with what someone else said. Can you show where I did this? I can show you where I said purchasing a mac mini is an example of an inexpensive tool that works. * How would I apply this to computers? Easy. My mom will never in the course of the rest of her life ever, never, need more then a few gigs to store data. She will also never, ever need a high end graphics card so she can get better frame rates on Call Of Duty. She will also never, ever need 16 gigs of ram to edit a film. Actually, what she does need is something small..efficient...something that does web browsing, email...perhaps, on occasion even do red eye removal in a family photo. Sounds like she may do very well with a mac mini. Now this being her choice, being the least expensive mac, at least by your calculations, be a 'crappy' tool? This is how I approach buying a drill, I don't first go after the most expensive drill there, I look at the job that needs doing, I look at future jobs I may need to do. I weigh that against the budget and I buy accordingly. Inexpensive is not crap, just as expensive doesn't equate to quality. You'll note also that I never defended crummy tools. Reading the thread I've said the same thing throughout...the right tool, for the right job.* The following is the last time I mentioned MS, you are either assuming or mistaking me for saying something I did not. *Part of the problem is how MS approaches touting the features. Part of it is haters who see 'windows 7 boots faster than vista' as not that 7 is faster but that vista is crap. Shockingly they don't look at Apple's advertising the same way, some will never satisfy, better to just ignore them, nod and smile when they start popping off. Computers aren't tools to use to get a job done to them, they are the alpha and omega, it is part of how they define themselves.* So near as I can tell I never equated your crummy with MS, and I never cried expensive with Apple. I also never said Apple makes the only quality tools. Once again, from the start, I've said the right tool for the right job, never pay 500 dollars for a job that should cost 5. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
