Google| Subject | Re: MacBook Pro's at JPL |
| From | JEDIDIAH |
| Date | 08/06/2013 00:20 (08/05/2013 17:20) |
| Message-ID | <slrnl0099b.llh.jedi@nomad.mishnet> |
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On 2013-08-05, Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>wrote:
Alan BakerUnless you need something pretty to impress your conspicous consumer friends, an Apple product is probably a waste of money. They come in form factors that are not terribly work friendly. They sacrifice functionality for aesthetics. They have fewer available options.
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On 8/6/2012 1:48 AM, Mike wrote:MikeNobody
Quite a few around the control room at JPL.
Oh wait, the trolls say Macs are only for graphics!
US tax payers can be happy their money is buying some nice toys.
Riiiight.
Because magically, the Mac is exempt from cost-cutting at NASA.
LOL
So you're saying there isn't a lot of Macs at the JPL?
I'm saying that despite budget cuts there are clearly people at JPL who value having a Mac enough to spend the money.
So they are spending tax payer money on fancy toys, in spite of your claim budget cuts prevent this.
Your statements are based on a false premise which itself is based on your biases.
Since you don't like Macs, you assume they're "fancy toys".
The simpler conclusion is that if people are still buying Macs when there is a cash crunch, it's probably because they value them highly for their needs.
Unless you have a hardon for a particular bit of Mac-only software, the Mac itself is pretty pointless.
Macs are for running MacOS, and that's only for the vanishingly small minority of people that do real work with Apple hardware.
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