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Skriven 2009-05-30 10:44:06 av Jeff Guerdat (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Jean Parrot
Ärende: Re: PC vs ???
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On 05/30/2009 11:27 AM, Jean Parrot wrote:

>   JG>  A very big reason businesses didn't jump on the Mac was price.
>
>   Hey, I have a copyright on this remark.

The key word here is "was".  It's no longer true.

>   My BiL has a two-Mac household, both off the Web these days. Try and get
one
> fixed, good luck. One has an $800.00 estimate in the repairs the second one
is
> garbage. Same BiL whose Dell I fixed about 2 years ago, for FREE ! Still
> running. I am thoroughly happy that the clones came about.

One could say the same thing about my Fiat.  The issue here is how to 
develop a supply chain that you can use to find the parts for repairs at 
reasonable costs.  Try to find parts for a Vaio or other high-end 
computer and you may well run into the same issues although they're PCs. 
  Once the supply chain is known, it's not that hard to get the parts. 
You just haven't explored that avenue yet so be careful of jumping to 
conclusions.

>   JG>  The Mac and PC never diverged since they were never similar until just
>   JG>  recently.  Not to mention, it took MS years to even approach the Mac's
>   JG>  OS prowess (and, in many cases, still haven't caught up).  So, parity
is
>   JG>  now mostly available and the choice should be made on one's desires
and
>   JG>  software availability, not "because PCs are everywhere".  That's a
very
>   JG>  parochial, short-sighted view (which, of course a lot of people happen
>   JG>  to have).  My favorite quote of all time comes from "Butch Cassidy and
>   JG>  the Sundance Kid" - "I got a vision and the rest of the world wears
>   JG>  bifocals."
>
>   I beg to differ, my two working engineer daughters can not get the PRGs
that
> they need for their work on a Mac. Sure, my son and wife are happy with
surfing
> on their Macs and that is all they do.

But how many apps is that?  True, they're important but the Mac has apps 
that you can't get on a PC.  Hence, the PC must be a poor choice, right? 
  As long as one can use a workaround, all is in oil, to quote someone 
of ill repute here.  ;)

>   JG>  I think you need new bifocals...  ;)
>
>   I have come back on this in a short note yesterday, guess who needs new
> bifocals ? I can see hummingbirds from 50' and in flight. If you ever need
this
> intervention, do not refuse it.

I can see hummingbirds in flight from a distance, too.  Of course, I see 
them somewhat better with my glasses but it's really reading that I need 
the bifocals for.  My correction for distance has always been mild 
astigmatism so I can generally make do without correction.  I just 
prefer to leave 'em on all the time so I don't have to find the suckers...

-- 
Jeff Guerdat

Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?
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