Limbaugh could sell new Mac

The Hill ^ | 1/26/05 | David Hill

[John Valentine]

Microsoft has been making and marketing software for the Mac since Microsoft began.

Microsoft Office for the Mac is not a port of the Windows version, as far as I know, even though the programs operate similarly and produce compatible documents.

I use both versions, and for my money, the Mac version- Office 2004 for the Mac- is better looking, and better functioning.

So your comment about Apple succeding better "integrating the Microsoft software into its platform" is uninformed and WAAAAAY off the mark.

Apple offers a machine with far superior software/hardware integration out of the box thatn you are likely to manage with an army of IT types.

Try your sons machine... I think you will find it a revelation. And just wait until he gets the new OSX 10.4 software loaded on it in a couple months....

You'll be drooling.

[Vermonter]

Rush has been quietly promoting Macs for years. He mentions them because he uses them and likes them.

[Alas Babylon!]

I remember that call. A woman, right? And she was flabbergasted.

I agree that Steve Jobs and the Apple board are way too "Blue State" to ever acccept Limbaugh as a spokesman, no matter how much they'd gain from it. It would be a smart move, but being liberal is not a smart move to begin with.

[billorites]

"Rush has been almost single-handedly responsible for the success of the Select Comfort mattresses, Snapple beverages and the Hotwire travel site, not to mention being the savior of AM radio and the "voice" of conservativism."

And I won't even begin to tell you how he's helped me with my "problem."

[ThinkDifferent]

$899.00 Dell. Probably a couple thousand less than you would pay for a Mac of similiar quality and speed.

Um, no. A G5 iMac is $1300, for example.

[balrog666]

The assumption is that you have one laying around from the PC you are upgrading from

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAA!

[HAL9000]

We discussed the concept of Rush as an Apple spokesman recently. Rush already does what amounts to free advertising for the Mac, but if Apple hired him, they would have to include a liberal figure in the ad too. So I don't think that will happen. Instead, I'd rather see a business icon like Lou Gerstner added to the board of directors.

The best idea would be for Apple and Steve Jobs to avoid politics altogether. But for the record, Jobs does favor some conservative concepts, like school vouchers and home schooling.

[Orion27]

Rush would have welcomed Apple ads for years but Steve would not buy Limbaugh's show. I always thought Steve was extremely short sighted and let his inane politics get in the way of business. God knows, Gore isn't selling any Macs. If truth be told, Gore does keep a low profile when it comes to Mac
evangelism. Wasn't it the Clintom Justice Department that went after MSFT?
I know Rush was not a supporter of that move either.

[razorback-bert]

I was a big Mac booster and user, but to upgrade meant buying a completely new computer. Then there was the Mac clones, which I came close to buying, but Jobs bought them first.

[John Thornton]

Is Algore still on Apple's board of directors?

[ambrose]

I am a firm believer in Select Comfort beds!

Well worth the cost.

[Right Wing Assault]

"James Dobson and his Focus on the Family might be intrigued by a computer that is affordable for young families and not subject to porno pop-up ads."

I already have one and it's not a Mac. Just get a generic PC and add the Firefox browser.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

[Vermonter]

I'm sure Gore's placement on Apple's board was Jobs' way of making sure Gore didn't have to panhandle for lunch money

[aft_lizard]

Commodore 64 anybody? Too bad the apple 2c isnt still around

[A CA Guy]

It needs to grow it's percentage of the market and so ar only ipod had done that.

I think they are more or less doomed.

[Right Wing Assault]

"I am a firm believer in Select Comfort beds!"

Pardon my asking, but is your bed populated by one or two people? The reason I ask is that I have heard some people complain that there is a rigid foam thing between the two occupants and it is not comfortable to roll over onto. Know anything about that? I don't need competition from any rigid things.

[Stars N Stripes]

Actually, I one of each somewhere in the garage... How pathetic is that :)

[Chemist_Geek]

It's even cooler when you realize that it's about the same size as a hardback book and almost perfectly silent. No more huge, whirring PC tower.

Hey! Computers are supposed to hum and whir and have all sorts of wires and blinking lights... Even a faint smell of ozone...

;-)

Call me old-fashioned.

[RS]

"Since 1997. Any USB peripheral will work on a Mac."

Yep, they give you two ports, one for the keyboard( they don't give you ), and one for the USB port expander you will need to attach anything other then the mouse ( that they don't give you )

... and just try to load the USB drivers from those mini-CD's via the slot drive ...

Want the DVD burner ? - add another $100

With the 1.4 Ghz and 80 Gig drive upgrade, you're up to about $700 ....


Whatever happened to that all-in-one that looked like a table lamp ?

[Vermonter]

I think they are more or less doomed.

That tunes been playing for about 15 years