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["U. Jason Gloege Jr." <ujgloege AT gmail.com>]

but that's the thing... if you *wanted* a dual opteron system, you
could set aside the cash [theoretically] and buy parts for it on a "a
little here, a little there" basis, and then build your machine..
sure, nobody would support the system as a whole, but i'd bet that
most of the folks on this list don't go for traditional support for
machines-as-a-whole anyway... with the macs, i could set aside a
little money here and a little money there, and by the time i had
enough to afford the G4 powerbook i'd like, they'd be out with the G7
mobile machines, and they'd be more than my total 4-year tuition at
Carolina...

for me, it's *ALL* cost.  i love Macs... used 'em in school, didn't
have a problem with their service, don't have a problem with the
software aspect... but i just can't afford the hardware buy-in.  i'm
sure it's great hardware... many people [including the vendor] say so.
 but that doesn't make it any easier to afford.

. o O ( add to that the fact that i can't piecemeal build a mac over
time, or easily hardware upgrade one that i already have, and it's
just not feasible for me )


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:17:42 -0500, john broome <john AT jbroome.dyndns.org> 
wrote:
> Ian Meyer wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> 
> Upfront hardware costs.  Software isn't that much of an issue, it seems
> that the games I like to play eventually get to the mac, i use any
> specialzed software packages like CAD or anything, so yeah initial price
> for the level of hardware I'd like to have.
> 
> Of course this is the same in the PC world.. I'm not exactly overflowing
> in dual opterons over here.
> 
> 
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