Linked by Dan Welch on Thu 30th Dec 2004 08:50 UTC
This holiday season I was given some Christmas money, and I wanted to purchase a DVD burner for my G4 Apple Macintosh computer. When I purchased my computer, I was wise in buying a tower since they are upgradeable, right? WRONG!
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Try ordering an upgrade from anyone, Dell, HP or whoever.
They are EVERY BIT as overpriced as Apple.
A "tech" would know this (if he is a tech).
That leaves us to third party devices. A PC is an OPEN platform, a Mac is a CLOSED platform. Raise your hand if you didn't know this.
Now, which platform do you THINK a third party device will work in more easily???? Hmnn. Lets think about it real hard.
Whoever wrote this, and whoever decided it was worthwhile to post it needs to get a clue.
Macs have lots of advantages (I use one) and lots of disadvantages - you just have to figure out if the pros outweigh the cons; for some they do and for others they do not.
My Mac has a third party CPU and HDD, a generic PC DVD-RW, a flashed PC video card, standard PC RAM and lots of "unsupported" drivers and many hacks. Its barely a Mac! I am also a "tech" (or was) and NEVER - NOT ONCE did I even THINK ABOUT calling Apple. That would be dumb.