On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:15 AM, David W. Fenton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Prove it! I am certain that if I compared your $300 PC laptop to the > cheapest Mac laptop, your cheapo PC will come up way short on > important features/components. Those may not matter to you (i.e., you > may not need those features), but that's not the point -- the point > is that if you configure a PC comparably to a Mac model it costs the > same or more. Let's see: my "CHEAP" computer (you say that like it's an insult, but whatevah) Intel Pentium T4500 Dual Core processor 3GB DDR3 system memory 2.30GHz, 800MHz Front Side Bus, 1MB L2 Cache * 250GB SATA hard drive SuperMulti DVD burner Built in HD Webcam Software included: Windows 7, Cyberlink PowerDVD, NTI Media Maker, Microsoft Office Student Edition, and Back-Up manager software Built in multi-card reader * 10/100 Ethernet; 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi 15.6" diagonal HD CineCrystal LCD widescreen display Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with up to 1695MB of Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 Cheapest Mac: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache 1066MHz frontside bus 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking;2 IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors 250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive; optional 320GB or 500GB 5400-rpm drive4 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) 300.00 versus 999.00 The Mac is slightly lighter, has a harder polycarbonate plastic case. Big deal. Not worth spending the 600 dollars I saved, because I'm not in the habit of throwing my property around. And I'm not swayed by any the bundled software included on the Mac, I don't use that on Windows either. After all, I don't buy computers for software, I buy them for, well computers! Fancy that! So here, have your slice of crow pie too. Or you going to nitpick this to death and tell me why the features I think are not important are really not important? Being the betting man that I am, I'm willing to predict yes. > That does not mean that some people won't find the cheapo PC fine for > their needs. It only means that the conventional wisdom about Macs > being more expensive is WRONG. Not really, I've seen some of the articles about that, and most of the comparisons are crap. Ya know Apples and Oranges ? *Wink wink wink* I think it depends on a case by case situation. Thanks _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
