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And a Nissan Accent G5 is a more than adequate car that is cheaper than a BMW. They both will get you from point A to point B.

Now you get it. Nissans are perfectly good automobile. Same as that $530 E5300 Dell+LCD
They are good enuff for 85% of computer users
Apple computers are overkill for most computer users
A popular priced PC will be perfectly adequate and likely 40% cheaper than Apple

You can also get by eating only at McDonalds...

That place will kill you if you eat there every day. Using a Dell E5300 Vostro is not unhealthful

That place will kill you if you eat there every day. Using a Dell E5300 Vostro is not unhealthful

I don't know about that. My blood pressure climbs every time I have to work on a Windows computer.

Now you get it. Nissans are perfectly good automobile.

I get it. You don't. I don't WANT an underpowered, cramped Nissan Accent G5 strippy model that bears more relationship to a go-kart than what I prefer to drive. At 60 years old, I've come to a time in life that I want something more than just transportation... or something that will just barely do computing.

Just as this brand new Dell Inspiron with an Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 in it-that I am in the process of installing for one of my business customers-could never, ever possibly be my main computer, I would never choose to climb into a squeeze-seat mini mobile, and certainly not buy one. I get a headache just looking at the poor quality font display that Windows uses and I get a back ache riding in those tiny mini-cars.

The lack of resizeable data entry Windows in FreeRepublic, something that is of great use on a Mac, is crippling in editing this entry. Even the ability to type an EM Dash from the keyboard is much easier on a Mac.