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"Scout" wrote:

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
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In article ,
John Smith wrote:

On 10/15/2011 11:02 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
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"Howard wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:00:47 -0700, John
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Like I say, outside of academia, I just don't see that many MACs

I don't see what academia use, I don't see what most companies use.
But I do see what people have in coffee houses - and there are lots
of
Macs there.

That's about where you're going to find them since 3/4 of Macs being
sold
are the laptops. The Mac desktop market keeps shrinking.


No, Scout:

THE desktop market keeps shrinking.


Light duty use, traveling, you are just stuck with a laptop ...


If by "light duty use" you mean: "just about everything that the average
person wants to do with a computer".


But, try to load one up with massive storage, 32 gigs ram, excellent
video card, etc. and it sucks the battery like pouring water out of a
bucket ... some will try to go total laptop ... but if you need powerful
computing power and support hardware, forget it ... plus, no real
upgrade potential ... you have to trash it every year.

No, actually, you don't.

I'm typing this on my now nearly 4 year old MacBook Pro which does all I
want it to do.

And most people don't need "powerful computing power" [sic]. They didn't
need what passed for powerful 5 years ago and they certainly don't need
the power that a high-end desktop has.

Yep, and for that very reason, why should they pay a lot more money for a
machine that basically does the exact same job of a much cheaper PC?

IOW, you just shot yourself in the foot.

Nope. Because it does it in a manner that is easier for ordinary people
to handle. It works *better*.


I mean you can make up a very decent system that will handle most people
fine for much longer than 4 years, do it for a fraction of the price of a
Mac, and will be vastly more upgradeable when they do need to make changes.

And as long as they have you to help them out every few weeks, they'll
be fine.

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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