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From: Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.ne
To: All
Subject: Re: $1624 true cost of the min
Date:Tue, July 29, 2008 11:27 PM


In article <3e51a$488de849$22534@news.teranews.com>,
"Edwin" <crab@pple.com> wrote:

> "hasta la vista" <hasta@lavista.org> wrote in message
> news:48892873$0$90274$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> > In article <UHxOi.3911$fa.2423@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
> > "zara" <zeero@jupiterisland.com> wrote:
> >
> >> mini base 1.83 GHZ $599
> >> 2.0 GHZ- add $200
> >> Keyboard & mouse -add $ 98 (why so expensive?)
> >> Flat panel display - add $599 (why so expensive?)
> >> Modem - add $ 49
> >> iUgework - add $ 79
> >>
> >> For a lot less than that, you can get a balls out PC, that will blow the
> >> mini off the face of the planet.
> >
> > When the day comes that you can run Apple software on PC hardware boxes,
> > homebuilt or otherwise - that will be a good day - I hope.
>
> You mean you hope for the day when Apple will stop preventing you from using
> Mac OS X on the hardware of your choice?
>
>
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

And can't help noticing that you haven't bothered to correct zara's
ridiculous math...

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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