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I think you are missing the point.... "Only point I was making was that your list was made of fail. Out of that entire list that you posted, the only things we didn't have were the Mic, Webcam, bluetooth and wireless network card. While thinking about your "Frontrow" stuff...I later realized that we do have something for that. Media Center. Which has been around since 2002 and is included in the build of Vista we chose.
As for the webcam. It should have read "no one cares to have one built into their monitor" (except for Mac people, of course.). I can understand that being done for laptops, and I think it’s a good idea. But for desktops, I stand by my statement. Most people want something they can move around.
"but to bring a stripped-down PC up to par with it, one has to do a lot of work, spend a good amount of time, and spend a substantial amount of cash."We seemed to do pretty well bringing it to the same functionality... you must have forgot the part where we SAVED money. Somehow, I don't think missing a wireless or Bluetooth card = a “stripped-down PC". Same with the microphone. A lot of people end up buying headsets now, anyway. And if we ditched the extra video card to keep it the same as your Mac, that’s $300 left over to buy those things.
The only reason you guys get ALL that stuff, is because they HAVE to give you it. You can’t build a Mac. You can't upgrade a Mac (RAM doesn't count). So they have to shove all that stuff down your throat whether you like it or not. I prefer to save money, and buy something that fits my personal needs. Not a whole whack of **** thrown in that I'll never use, that only serves to bump up the price.
Enjoy your computer that'll be obsolete in a year from now.
"The Mac's programs & interface are all now being emulated by Microsoft"Programs, perhaps….interface? Looks pretty much the same to me.
"Again, your new programs "built into" Vista are... how old? Right, new additions to the platform. So, you guys are catching up to where the Mac was in this department 3 years ago."Oh, man! Thank you for saying that!! I had made a bet with someone that even though we have practically everything Mac's have... You'd say something like "but we had it first!" It doesn’t matter who had it first. If I can get the same things for a Windows based PC, why should I or anyone else switch?
"By the way, it is obvious, that you have never used Garage-band, or you would not propose a "freeware" alternative. GarageBand comes with something like three GIGABYTES of loops"Wait...so the music is already done for you? You just put the loops together? Didn't I say something about being spoon-fed...? I suppose if we even cared to match Garage-band, we could get something like FL Studio.
"Ditto PhotoGallery-iPhoto; Freewarere-Movie-editor/iMovie; iWeb, etc."Are you saying that iPhoto comes with 3
GIGABYTES of pictures already...so you don't have to go out and take some yourself?! And the same with iMovie? BTW, I didn't say we had a "Freeware- Movie-editor” We’ve been able to edit and make our own movies with Windows Movie Maker since XP. And iWeb? Give me a break. That’s just as lame as people using FrontPage to make a website. According to my research, people who want to make a
REAL web pages use Dreamweaver.
"Walk a mile in a Mac's (stylin') shoes before poopoohing the experience. You might be pleasantly surprised."I wasn't poopoohing the experience. Only thing I 'poopoohed' was your list. I have nothing against Macs aside from them becoming paperweights too soon, and the fanboys who think they’re the be-all end-all of computing. Quit being a victim of the Reality Distortion Field. You might find it refreshing.
For those of you not in the know, and for those under its influence:
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The Reality Distortion Field is the mutant capability of Steve Jobs. It is like Magneto's power of magnetism, only in this case, it will make you want to buy an Apple product. An example of the Reality Distortion Field in action was the original iMac. It was underpowered, overpriced, had no floppy drive, and only two USB ports. And yet because it looked like a jellybean, everyone wanted one. Whole books were devoted to it, websites were dedicated to it, teenage boys drew hentai representations of it -- yet it was just a gimmick.
--Encyclopedia Dramatica
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RDF is said to distort an audience's sense of proportion or scale. Small advances are applauded as breakthroughs. Interesting developments become turning points, or huge leaps forward. RDF focuses less on outright deception and more on warping the powers of judgment.
-- Wikipedia