Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:43:47 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: A Macintosh Computers and A Saab?
B&D wrote: > I do see your point, though, and hope you see mine. Since this is not a > forum for discussing the mertis and demaerits of computing platforms, I will > put you down on the "Do I own a Mac and a Saab" questions as NO with an > exclamation point. Ah, I said I hate them, I didn't say I don't own one! I happen to own a G3, used for web application testing purposes - as much as I hate them, I still think it's vital that my web apps run on them. > I agree. And with that kind of argument, you might find yourself the proud > owner of a BMW one day as well! Hehe... In addition to my 3 900s and my 9000, I own (and am *very* fond of) a 325i. The best non-Saab I've ever driven. > I am truly sorry you reacted to loudly and vitriolically to this rather > innocent question. No vitriol intended - you asked if there were parallels in the brands, and I provided my view. Nothing personal. > If you didn't need to modify and run scientific software, and did a real > feature-to-feature comparision, and used conventional benchmarking of > computing power to marketing clockspeed, as well as efficiency of memory > useage, you would find that the Macintosh computer is a lot more price > competitive than you figured. You're making an incorrect assumption that PC means Windows. Resource management, whether CPU, RAM, or other system resources, is done at the OS level. While many versions of Windows are very poor at resource management (I won't say all, because the 2000 kernel is a notable exception), other OSs aren't. I use Linux and BSD for a lot of work, and the combination of these OSs with PC architecture is very hard to match. > Either way - I do understand where you are coming from - I do think if you > care to, you should do some homework offline to see what I am talking about > Mac not being as expensive as you think. Value for money was only one of the reasons I gave. I still think it's valid, but I also think it's less important than the 'let's cushion the user from all technical details' approach which Macs have. As a Mac user, one is encouraged to know as little as possible about how the system is put together. Even more so than Windows. I think that's bad. > I will mark you down as "No, I own a Saab and not a Mac and never plan on > ever getting one" then, shall I? :) As I said, I own one, but I still don't like them. -- Grunff
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