"Ian Piper" <ianpiper@mac.com> wrote in message news:6fc3cvFa7ej3U1@mid.individual.net... >>> "tomcervo" <tomcervo@aol.com> wrote in message >>> news:3e3a8973-de28-48cb-8968-4cda9a3907f5@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... >>>> I like Macs. I've rebuilt or repaired some old ones I found at thrift >>>> stores, including a sweet little Color Classic, and I've got a 1984 >>>> Mac in the attic. What I don't understand is what makes a Mac laptop >>>> cost at least twice as much as a Windows laptop. >>>> Quality of finish? >>>> Better system? >>>> Better OS? >>>> More durability? >>>> Details, please; not Justin Long attitude. > > Response version 2. > > In my experience you either get it or you don't. Considerations of > relative cost are futile. If you are going to be a Mac user you will > figure out a way to do it. I don't know of a single person who would > really want to use a Mac but doesn't because of the cost. People who take > that line are usually Windows users. It's a bit like cars - if you think > of your machine - computer or car - as simply utilitarian, just to get > from A to B, you might as well settle for a Windows PC. If you want a > quality experience when you drive you may well buy a BMW, Merc or Honda, > and if you want the place where you spend your working hours to be a > positive uplifting high-quality experience, then you will get a Mac.
Nice try. 97% of the worlds computer users choose WINDOWS. And I'm positive that out of that 97%, many, many, are far smarter and wealthier, than the miserable 3% of loser elitists.
