John Smith wrote in
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On 10/16/2011 1:39 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
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John 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.


Now I see how you can recommend junk to those contemplating the
purchase of a computer ... laptops are barely acceptable for most all
commercial applications ...

That depends on what that application is.

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