Surprisingly that is not true Fred (it is Gates continuing a myth that used to be true ages ago). Macs are cheaper than PCs (they may be more expensive in Uganda as there is only one distributor). Better product at cheaper price :=)
See the following links for details http://corourke.customer.netspace.net.au/Mac/pricewatch.html http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/36120.html http://www.macobserver.com/shootouts/ Kiggs On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 12:43, Fred Bbaale wrote: > Paul , OSX runs on expensive hardware. Not everyone can afford it. > > Fred > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > > > And you must wait a little longer for a more secure windows. > > > > Also, Gates says that Longhorn can wait: > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/0,39023769,39157671,00.htm (so > > go to OSX Tiger in Feb -- or KDE soonish -- for hard drive searching, > > rather than wait til '06) > > > > On Aug 31, 2004, at 08:12, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/view.html?pg=3 > > > These days, every Windows computer is a war zone of viruses, Trojans, > > > spyware, and other malicious code trying to exploit security holes in > > > Internet Explorer. One of the scariest of all, Download.Ject, > > > discovered > > > in late June, worked to log keystrokes (usernames, passwords, PINs). > > > All > > > this despite Bill Gates' 2002 declaration that security is his top > > > priority. We asked Stephen Toulouse, Microsoft's security program > > > manager, if Redmond is fighting a war it can't win. > > > > > > WIRED: It's been more than a month since the first news of > > > Download.Ject, and you still haven't issued a real fix for Internet > > > Explorer. How long is it going to take? .................. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > > > > > ----------------------------- > > P. A. Bagyenda > > Digital Solutions > > P.O.Box 23833 > > 58 Bukoto Str. > > Kampala, UGANDA > > > > Tel: +256-41-540143 > > Mob: +256-77-507743 > > Web: http://www.dsmagic.com > > ----------------------------- > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may > > also > > be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may > > not > > review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this > > email in > > error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then > > delete > > this email. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
