On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > You can get a better spec on a new Windows machine for the same or > even less money than a Mac Refurb. If you don't need OS X, skip the > Macbooks and iMac's. The only Mac's which are competitive in terms of > bang/buck at the moment are the Mac Pro's and the top-end MacBook > Pro's, the consumer line is currently seriously overpriced, enough > that even the Refurbs are questionable as deals (Refurb MacBook Pro's > with similar specs to my current HP HDX16 are priced at the same price > as what I payed for the HP new last year, for what a Core 2 Mini with > 4GB and a 500GB drive costs I can get a Dell with an i5, 6GB RAM and a > 1TB drive). Apple's currently at the high point in its pricing cycle > vs comparable PC hardware.
"Better spec" maybe ... but most of those "better spec" jobs that are cheap are made of cheap components and don't last as well. And you can't run Mac OS X on them. For me, the ONLY purpose to having Windows is for consulting purposes. For my own use, Windows is irrelevant. A box that can run Mac OS X, Windows and Linux is far more useful than any box that can only run one or two of them. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
