Linked by Robert Gering on Tue 17th Sep 2002 18:11 UTC
First, a little background. I am a Windows user who has been using Windows since 3.1. I am not a programmer or a developer, I am a user. I process photos, use the internet, e-mail, write letters, play the ever important games and even use it to develop my comic strips. I am not computer illiterate and I use my computer with confidence and skill. Now with that said. I hate Windows.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "outrageous hardware prices" for the Mac. When you buy a mac, you aren't just buying hardware. You're getting a lot of software. So I think you need to say that the price of the hardware, OS and included software is outrageous, if you can establish that.
Also, used Macs are a very viable option for people sick of windows and MS. Buy a Blue & White G3 (a few hundred at best) and add a G4 card, load it up with a gig of PC100 RAM (literally 100 bucks these days) and a new fast hard drive (maybe an IDE card). Through in a Radeon 7000 and you can even run Quartz Extreme (with a hack)
That's what I have and it runs OS X beautifully, including stuff like iPhoto. In fact, it ran great before the G4 and full gig of RAM (except maybe iPhoto when looking at the thumbnails of all photos in the library).