That's generally been my finding. Also, you have to consider the "average": the average person in San Francisco, New York, or Chicago is not the average person in Iowa, even in Des Moines. Many rural or small town folks don't want a computer that's faster than their neighbors--they want one that, as you said, just works. And from what I've been able to show people, Macs just work.
Haha, I'm actually going to try TeamViewer with my grandma's Linux machine ^_^ Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:58 PM, JoeTaxpayer <joetaxpaye...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been following this thread. Well said, Jonas. Funny, there will > always be those who have a negative remark. I don't know if it's 50%, > 75%, 82%, but I suspect there are a good number of folk who would be > better served by a MDD G4 than their present PC. Throw on a copy of > TeamViewer and you can help grandma with whatever minor issues she'd > have. For those that want to tinker (I picture the neighbor who always > has his head under his car hood) go buy the PC. I don't always want a > geek experience, I want a tool that "just works." The G4 does that. As > does my 2010 Mac Pro. > > On Jun 17, 6:54 pm, Jonas Ulrich <jonasulrich3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> True, a G4 system won't serve every user, but a dead Windows system won't >> serve any users. >> >> -Jonas > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
