Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. If you want to go el cheapo: iMac G5 1.6 GHz, 256MB RAM, 80G Hard Disk = $1,999 Kingmax 512MB RAM = $116 Maxtor 120 GB Hard Disk = $141 Sell the internal 80G Hard Disk on Ebay = -$70 Grand total of $2,186 but with slightly less memory and smaller HD. About equivalent in price to the Dell model you mentioned. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
First of all subtract the price of the additional ram from the Applestore price. 512 is all you need for most things. That will bring it down a bit. Don't upgrade anything from the applestore online. get a reseller to do it. Applestore prices are a rippoff on the extras. Next sit them down at a mac and plug in a digital camera, DV camera and take them through iPhoto and iMovie. Burn a DVD from iDVD. Explain these are free apps that are included in the price and that these types of apps will be (a) additional cost and (b) not as easy and just plain cool on PC. Show them Garage Band and explain this is also free and included. Everyone wants to be a muso! Plug an iPod in and show iTunes. RIP a CD. Talk about virus's on PC and Spyware. Explain that there is NONE of that in the Mac world. Get them to ask their PC friends about virus's and spyware. Compare! Put a Dell box next to an iMac. Which would you rather have in your home? Explain that Bill Gates is in league with Satan, no just kidding, you get the idea. HTH Rob On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. * $800 is only a couple of hours worth of their time spent removing viruses, spyware, adware, dealing with driver issues, installing Microsoft Windows security patches, dealing with the conflicts they cause... * The average usable lifespan of the Mac is longer than that of a PC. * Linus (the guy responsible for the Linux kernel) uses a Mac :) Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer The love of liberty is the love Opinions for hire [POQ] of others; the love of power is http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord the love of ourselves - Hazlitt
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
A very simple one that I have found works very well is just get a DVD movie and put that in a brand spanking new PC and try and watch it. On 11 Mar 2005, at 12:06 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: First of all subtract the price of the additional ram from the Applestore price. 512 is all you need for most things. That will bring it down a bit. Don't upgrade anything from the applestore online. get a reseller to do it. Applestore prices are a rippoff on the extras. Next sit them down at a mac and plug in a digital camera, DV camera and take them through iPhoto and iMovie. Burn a DVD from iDVD. Explain these are free apps that are included in the price and that these types of apps will be (a) additional cost and (b) not as easy and just plain cool on PC. Show them Garage Band and explain this is also free and included. Everyone wants to be a muso! Plug an iPod in and show iTunes. RIP a CD. Talk about virus's on PC and Spyware. Explain that there is NONE of that in the Mac world. Get them to ask their PC friends about virus's and spyware. Compare! Put a Dell box next to an iMac. Which would you rather have in your home? Explain that Bill Gates is in league with Satan, no just kidding, you get the idea. HTH Rob On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
I do training in PC's (I have to eat) but I have owned 5 Macs since 1985. PC's are crap - Macs are a gift from heaven. But seriously, for new users PC's are just so hard to use, they are unreliable, plug and play is a myth, and the viruses and spyware etc make you mad and paranoid. Yes Macs cost a bit more but you don't get a BMW for the price of a Hyundai (apologies to the Hyundai owners). And strangely enough, even Microsoft software for the Mac is miles ahead of MS software for PC's. If your friends want to live a happy and calm life urge them to get a Mac.. and they look so cool on the desk. Peter Bull -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:57:40 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple A very simple one that I have found works very well is just get a DVD movie and put that in a brand spanking new PC and try and watch it. On 11 Mar 2005, at 12:06 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: First of all subtract the price of the additional ram from the Applestore price. 512 is all you need for most things. That will bring it down a bit. Don't upgrade anything from the applestore online. get a reseller to do it. Applestore prices are a rippoff on the extras. Next sit them down at a mac and plug in a digital camera, DV camera and take them through iPhoto and iMovie. Burn a DVD from iDVD. Explain these are free apps that are included in the price and that these types of apps will be (a) additional cost and (b) not as easy and just plain cool on PC. Show them Garage Band and explain this is also free and included. Everyone wants to be a muso! Plug an iPod in and show iTunes. RIP a CD. Talk about virus's on PC and Spyware. Explain that there is NONE of that in the Mac world. Get them to ask their PC friends about virus's and spyware. Compare! Put a Dell box next to an iMac. Which would you rather have in your home? Explain that Bill Gates is in league with Satan, no just kidding, you get the idea. HTH Rob On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart
