Apple’s iPod mini pricing ‘a stroke of genius’

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1. Making my points is unreasonable? Rolling out the virus issue and the ancient and hackneyed BMW thing is childish. We are talking price and competition. There aren’t any clones so you guys have one expensive source for COMPUTERS. BMW has competition, all the overpriced euro crap on wheels you can think of.

   Who can switch to apple when the cheap stuff is slow and the fast stuff costs too much? Not an informed buyer, unless “informed” by this herd.

   Simple points, I would think simple people could get it without having to drag out the same old kneejerk responses. Heavy on the Jerk. Have a nice life buying substandard equipment while apple makes a mint off ya. Suckers.

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2. Mr. XP,

   I, like you, use XP. I, like you, don’t own a Mac. XP is the best Wintel OS there has ever been. I’m not on a network so the updates and patches don’t cause me problems. For the first time ever I have a really stable PC. Now that I have one I desperately want a Mac. Why? Because when I used to have to do everything by command line to make it work I needed to win: I never looked elsewhere. When she crashed every day it must be my fault: I never looked elsewhere. It is like a girlfriend you don’t fancy: you spend years worrying why you can’t make it work, then you meet someone who turns your stomach inside out with the lust, and you realise – your girlfriend is ugly. XP works, viral and security problems aside(big aside), but she sure is ugly.

   I bought an iPod. The Apple lovers on this site will be glad to know that this act got me to look at Macs more closely. Anyone who thinks capacity, speed, and price are the only criteria is narrow. Who on this site would take a ten bedroom house in Gdansk over a four bedroomed apartment in Manhattan?

   Hopefully within six months I will have a powerbook – and when I have the money I will come back here and ask people who, unlike me, know how Macs work; which should I buy?

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3. As a follow up – if Longhorn is as stable as OSX, will lots of IT guys be out of jobs? If so, will the IT guys that purchase still have to recommend Windows to keep their jobs, or will they be able to pick the one they actually like? Maybe a stable MS OS would actually lose them money. Just a thought.

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4. Jackson – You are going to LOVE your Apple laptop! I’m ecstatic with my G3 iBook. Good luck savin’ up, it is well worth the wait and hard earned money! Cheers!

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5. Jackson,

   My family (brothers and sister and our kids included) have among us a Blueberry iBook, five 12″ G3 iBooks, two 14″ G3 iBooks, one 14″ G4 iBook, three 12″ PowerBooks, two 15″ Titanium PowerBooks and three 15″ Al Powerbooks. Including eMacs, iMacs and G4 towers, that’s a grand total of 27 Macs in my clan, as well as 13 iPods. The Blueberry shows its age obviously (although it’s as tough as nails), but the iBooks and PowerBooks are each and every one wonderful machines. In terms of the best balance of price, performance and battery life, as well as wireless reception, I’d have to say that the iBook G4 is the best portable on the market. If you want something more powerful with a larger monitor, my 15″ Al PowerBook is the best portable ever, with the finest keyboard available on any computer, period. I’ve never used a 17″ PowerBook for an extended period, but after handling one at the Apple Store in Miami, I find it just too big for my tastes. The “wow” factor is quite considerable though, and the monitor is amazing. Hope this helps somewhat. No matter what you decide, you’re going to be very happy with your new machine.

   Apple should give me a commission; they all switched from PC’s within the last two years after seeing my experiences with OS X, and I wish they would post their “Switcher” stories. Maybe not. After they moved to Macs and OS X, they’ve all had some embarrassingly harsh things to say about Windows and Microsoft.

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