RE: Mac v.s Pc

["Bill Edmondson" <edmondson5@comcast.net>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark sottilaro [mailto:zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 3:32 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Mac v.s Pc
> 
> My friend bought one to run is CNC and he seems to
> love it.  He's really picky about displays and he
> claims their x-bright screen is best on the market.
> Probably not an issue for people here, but perhaps
> that's where Sony puts the money in, the display.
> Seems to make sense for a company who makes a ton of
> it's money on Televisions.
> 
> I picked Sony as an example because I was looking for
> a "brand" the way Apple is a brand.  I my recent
> research a lot of people claimed the build of the new
> Vaios was really good.  Who knows?  To me they're all
> boxes. My girlfriend has a 6 year old viao she gave me
> that's still working well as a coffee table
> websurfer... though I can't seem to get a wireless
> linksys card to work with it...
> 
> --- Stephen Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net> wrote:
> 
> > Yerks!  Why would anyone knowingly spend their money
> > on a Vaio?  The pretty
> > box?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Monday, 5 June, 2006 19:06 PM
> > Subject: RE: Mac v.s Pc
> >
> >
> > > --- goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
> > >
> > >> here's another 2c worth: I have a macbook pro,
> > which
> > >> is an intel-powered
> > >> dual-core 1.8Ghz laptop. it has 2 Gb of ram.
> > >> the whole thing cost almost twice as much as the
> > >> nearest PC equivalent
> > >
> > > I'm not sure how you can make that statement. I've
> > > been shopping for these things a lot and I found
> > that
> > > unless you're looking at a no-name laptop the
> > prices
> > > of the Macs weren't all that out of line.  Here's
> > what
> > > I saw:
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
>http://www.buy.com/prod/Sony_Vaio_100GB_1GB_13_3_DVD_R_RW_Windows_XP_Profe
> ssional/q/loc/101/202242878.html
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-
> APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=MacBookPro
> > >
> > > The Sony's got more ram (I think a gig stick costs
> > > about $150 these days) and the Apple's got a
> > faster
> > > processor but "twice" as expensive?  I found
> > similar
> > > prices with most of the major brands like Toshiba,
> > > Lenovo(IBM) and Dell.
> > >
> > > I did decide to go with a Toshiba myself but only
> > > because I've already got machines that run all the
> > Mac
> > > apps I have and the added cost of XP did make the
> > > Macbook more expensive for a reason I could't
> > justify.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
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