----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "iMac List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:06 AM Subject: Re: Real Cost of OS "Skimming"
> > From: john coz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Also, cheating or skimming on > > multiple installations looks rather like clipping a > > few bucks from Mom's pocketbook, don't you think? > > > I'm not sure I'd put it quite so harshly, but I agree with your overall > point: the cost of Mac ownership is LUDICROUSLY low compared to PC > ownership, and the importance of actually paying for I have to say, based on experience, this is completely wrong. TCO for Mac products is top dollar, no matter how you try to rationalize it. It also is a reduction of basic choice. On the PC side you have choices. Windows or Linux or Unix. Apple makes the most elegent, sleek, and personal systems on the planet, no doubt about it, but you are paying for it, and it means you are stuck. That and the higher cost in general of Apple is the exact same road that Sun is now struggling back from as we speak. But more on topic, skimming and not paying for those extra installations means that somewhere down the road, Apple will not be able to afford to put those "extra" finishing touches on you next OS upgrade. Plain and simple, when you pay for all your installations, you are investing in the quality of the next generation of software from that company. Of course if you want to cut thru all the collective crap about "it isnt hurting anyone" you could just apply the Golden Rule, about doing unto others.. :) I bet you liked to be paid whenever you work. Chuck -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
