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[Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>]

I'll speak to the concern over Apple: I've used a Mac for most of my
computing life, with forays into Linux and a continued forced
existence with Windows, but I have never found Apple to be a problem
at all.
I've had a few repairs over time, and each time they were very
reasonable and fast without the need for a service plan. You might
hear a lot about this or that production problem, but honestly, I've
used several machines that I hear people complain about (iBook,
Powerbooks) and I've never noticed any of those flaws. I think Mac
users are just unusually bitchy -- expecting perfection. Or I'm lucky,
but 18 years is a pretty decent lucky streak.

They're much sturdier than pc hardware in my experience however, and
last longer (ie don't need upgrades incessantly), so any minor cost
different (usually a coupla hundred bucks) is offset.

Just my cents.


Evan
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:59:18 -0500 (EST), Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Ian Meyer said:
> > i started thinking about this the other night, and its a nice,
> > different, flamewar-pronte topic for the list I figured...
> >
> > basically, I know a lot of mac users. I also know a lot of people who
> > think they're great computers, but for one reason or another, don't
> > have one. My question is simple: for all you non-mac users out there
> > in INW land, what is the main reason you don't have a mac?
> >
> 
> Ooo!  Ooo!  This is easy.
> 
> (1) price.  If I'm gonna shell out the dough for that machine, I want a
> good one -- meaning fast, dual procs, lotsa ram -- and those aren't cheap.
>  When I go to configure my dream G5, I usually end up with a price close
> to what I paid for my car, so I sleep on it.  Needless to say, I haven't
> placed that order yet.
> 
> (2) Apple.  I'm sorry, Apple seems to do a lot of things well, but
> treating customers right doesn't appear to be one of them.  So when I wake
> up, after sleeping on my proposed order, I remember what assholes Apple
> seems to be to their customers and I decide they really don't need my
> money right now.
> 
> :-/
> 
> *plunk, plunk*
> --s
> 
> 
> 
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