Industry watchers have noticed a "halo" surrounding Apple's iPod: The popular music player is helping to bring new users to the company's Macintosh line of computers. However, could the uncertainty surrounding the Mac's upcoming switch from PowerPC to Intel processors take the shine off that halo?
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Member since:2005-07-07
But you DON'T pay more. You pay the same, actually sometimes less.
Please cut the nonsense. I am writing this on the first generationg AL 15" powerbook. You do play more... Just as IBM/lenovo thinkpad are more expensive than Dell's or gateways.
Interms of processing power a $1100 gateway m250x can play an uncompressed HDTV capture smoothly so can a $1500 thinkpad R52. But the latest powerbooks can't at twice the price.
Member since:"Please cut the nonsense."
Pardon?
"I am writing this on the first generationg AL 15" powerbook. You do [pay] more.
Yes, because you get more.
[i]"Just as IBM/lenovo thinkpad are more expensive than Dell's or gateways. "
That's what I was trying to say. A PC will cost the same when equally spec'd as that which comes standard on a Mac (assuming hardware, OS and software are matched equally).
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2005-07-27
"You pay more with Apple because they use better components... you would pay a similar amount for the same featureset from a x86 vendor for a similarly built product."
But you DON'T pay more. You pay the same, actually sometimes less.