Reply #17: Okay, I'll admit what you described sounds cool... [View All]

[Deja Q]

But did you compare components for the price? Every single time I look, a $600 PC is comparable to a $1800 Mac. Hell, even the $3000 Mac has chincey amounts of RAM, Video, and disk space. A $3000 Mac should hve 1GB of RAM, a Radeon 9800 XT, and 300GB hard disk space. Last I recall it had 512MB, a Radeon 9600, and 120GB. I'm not sure on the hard drive, but the lower-end Radeon and petty RAM amount? Please. I can build my own PC with a Gig of RAM, dual Athlon processor, and 250GB hard drive for $1500. We all can't afford big Macs.

Besides, I'm a geek. Not a mainstream American. I like products that require flexibility and the ability to be tweaked. (though I hate it when they crash which was why I moved to Linux. But, in all honesty, XP is much more stable, assuming they practice "common sense computing". And many don't because they don't want to think and have somebody else do it all for them. That's typical of any industry and I'm not immune either.)

Some people hate wanting the ability to tweak. More power to them. Just let Apple do what they think is best for them. But I won't stray into the realm of political parallels...

Off topic, but I won't reply directly to the original thread... given that the person who posted this message may have been a troll looking for a fight, I'm amazed by the majority of the people with their spit on me for responding. I wonder how they'd feel if I pulled a big-ass "PC ATTACK" thread.