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Re: MacBook Pro's at JPL

Alan Baker
SubjectRe: MacBook Pro's at JPL
FromAlan Baker
Date08/07/2013 20:05 (08/07/2013 11:05)
Message-ID<alangbaker-5A6DA1.11053907082013@news.shawcable.net>
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In article <ktu1hi$4p2$9@speranza.aioe.org>, Nashton <nana@na.ca> wrote:

Nashton
On 08-05-13 7:20 PM, JEDIDIAH wrote:

JEDIDIAH
On 2013-08-05, Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>wrote:

Alan Baker
In article <ktmekq$6pe$1@news.albasani.net>, Nobody <invalid@invalid.com>wrote:

Nashton
ased on a false premise which itself is based on

Alan Baker
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.

JEDIDIAH
Unless 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.

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.

Nashton
Very well said. Waste of money. In a few years, they won't even be making Macs, if Apple is still around.

You do realize that in the United States and Canada, Mac market share is now over 10%, right?

-)

-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."