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| Re: SATA: IDE mode or AHCI? [message #93266 is a reply to message #93220] |
Sun, 02 December 2007 11:46   |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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gt;>>>>>> PC user who's passed on going the Mac route:
>>>>>>> There is one price point with Apple Macs: $2000 and up. Sure, more
>>>>>>> computer is more computer, but most people just don't need
>>>>>>> the bleeding edge for $2-4k to email Aunt Sally and store the family
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>>>>>>> photo album.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think that's what he's saying. The box he's complaining about
>>>>>>
>>>> _is_
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>>>>>> under $2K (configured the way most people who care about price would
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>> buy
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>>>>>> it). Just because he stupidly overpaid for his Mac doesn't mean others
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>>>>>> will. But if that's your complaint, there are Macs for less than $2k.
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>>>>>> If the general complaint about Apple is price, then it should be noted
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>>>>>> that the new desktop boxes are less expensive than Dell's, and the
new
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>>>>>> super light notebook is less expensive than Sony's (and under 2K in
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>> the
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>>>>>> standard configuration).
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>>>>>>> The MacBook, feels cheap, and while it has good specs and isn't really
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>>>>>>> out of line with a comparable PC laptop, it sits alone in it's sub
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>> $2k
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>>>>>>> price point in the Apple lineup.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other than the Mac Mini and iMac. Oh, you mean laptops. Yes, except
>>>>>>
>> for
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>>>>>> the low end MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Air, sans
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