Posted on 04/05/2006 7:02:22 AM PDT by ladyshealth
And for only 9 times the price of a Dell!
Oh, Dear GOD!
Windows is the PROBLEM, not the solution!
mac mini is not too overpriced...
And macs are just more fun than Windows machines
I want to run MAC OS on a Windows machine, not the other way 'round..........
But, but, but these are just toy computers.
Well, if you have to do work at home, Windows is what you need.
Office for Mac is not 100% cross platform compatible. It's just easier to do it in windows....
For me, it is the best of both worlds..
AAPL up 3.59 on this news.
I'd be happier, but in my experience, Apple hardware quality is going to hell in a handbasket. Between the product itself, and the snarky attitude I'm getting from Apple techs when trying to deal with it, I'm looking outside of Apple for the first time in a while!
Yes, Mac are pricey, but I expect they will become more competative in time. I have never owned a Mac (own an iPod) but I am now seriously thinking that my next computer will be a Mac. One of the strong allures, for me, is that a Mac is highly capable in the video editing area. I have stacks and stacks of video that needs to be edited and converted to DVD, and there simply is NO Windows based software that really can handle the task. Sure, there's a lot of PC video software out there, but it is by and large extremely buggy and not very effective. I end up spending hours and hours seeking work arounds, and waste tons of time. Nope, I think I just may get a Mac - especially if I'll also be able to play BF2!
(Also, this post is an opportunity to refresh my tagline....)
I will be purchasing a mac soon...
I just can't deal with paying $2000 for something that I can get for $600. I do music editing and recording on a compaq without any hassles. 90% of my pc use is internet browsing and email. the other 10% is music related. i've had no troubles, and with the 1200 or so I saved, I can by a sweet 52 Fender Tele.
$2000?
Latest intel Mac mini: $599 (bring your own keyboard, mouse, and monitor, but it does have wireless networking, gigabit ethernet, bluetooth and P1394 (aka Firewire, aka iLink) built in.)
Latest iMac, 17 inch: $1299. Comes with a Core Duo processor, screen, keyboard, multi-button mouse, videocamera, etc. For $1699 you get a 20 inch version.
Discounts available on Macs, if you look at Amazon, at the very least.
mac virtualization?
I was wondering about that...been playing around with VMware player, and it's slick as a whistle. Would VMP support a Mac virtual machine?
If it does and it works half as well with Mac as it does with Windows, it'd be worth a try...
That would be great. Some folks have said an emulator, not a hypervisor, was required in the past (different HW, different SW). However, with Mac supporting Intel x86 - it just might be possible to run a Mac guest o/s.
$1699 plus sales tax comes out to 1800. That's way too much for a pc.
And here I bought my 486/66 for $3,000. $1,800 is not too much for a PC, depending on the market you're in. Sure it's too much if you're in the low-end el-cheapo bare bones market, but it's a good price in the mid range market depending on what you want in the package.
Wow.
No way. I got everything I needed for under $900. DVD/CD writer, plenty of ports and slots, plenty of disk space, pentium 4. it does everything i need.
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