--- Mike Beede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The cheapest good computing platform is a PC (NOT a > laptop!)....running Linux... Whoa, we may want to define "good" before declaring the goodest. If you want to buy a computer from a non-threatening retail environment, bring it home, plug it in and start whipping together home videos, slicing and dicing digital photos, and maybe even goofing around with music composition and all the while do emails, IM, surfing etc., without having to worry about keeping track of software upgrades, then the Mac looks big heap good. Maybe one could say that if you value your time over your money, then the Mac is "good."
If you want to spend time assembling a beige box, hunting around the internet for drivers, patches, workarounds and obscure unsupported hardware and software, and all the while playing sysadmin - but all for virtually no money - then you value your money over your time and the Linux solution clearly is "good." >...because the > newest software > has "enhanced features" (read: "bloat") that > requires faster > larger hardware. Ouch, we may want to distinguish between features and bloat. Would you consider the ability to banish red-eye from a dozen photos with a single keystroke to be "bloat" or an "enhanced feature?" How about the ability to "save as .pdf" built right in? Or burning CD/DVD's natively from any number of applications? One man's bloat may be another's lifesaver. I'm not sure it is fair for a childless couple in a Porsche to cast aspersions upon the large family next door in their minvan. > Just one more opinion to throw in the tank.... > > Mike Beede Ditto - and please forgive the gross exaggeration... JC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
