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<Devil's Advocate> I know it might be hard for some of you out there 
to fathom this, but there actually **are** people out there who PREFER 
a Wintel machine over a closed hardware platform. Also, there are 
people who prefer to have a machine that has an operating system and 
software that they are already familiar with rather than have to learn 
a whole new system. So he simply modified that machine to get 
something that he wants. Besides, this was certainly not the first 
time that a Mac has been modded into a Wintel machine. Calling 
somebody dumb for modifying what he got into something that he wants 
is being a bit harsh there...</Devil's Advocate>

- Bill


Quoting "David R.Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>:

> On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 09:57  PM, David Minton wrote:
> 
> > I think this site has made lists around the world, and is getting 
> > hammered.
> > It is up though--I just looked at it again.
> >
> > But talk about dumb, he says he mainly uses the computer for
> ripping
> > music/DVDs--and to do this he traded a pair of 2GHz G5 processors
> for a
> > single 2200 Athlon. My guess it would have been able to rip 2-3
> times 
> > faster
> > in its original configuration.
> 
> he didn't want to "wait for the software."
> 
> ??    
> 
> this person is capable of completely rebuilding a computer, but they
> 
> cannot fathom that the machine came with software installed?
> 
> <thinks nasty words to self>
> 
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