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• Wednesday, November 7, 2007 09:06 AM

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  I'm sure this point has been made earlier by others, but it bears repeating.

  I shuddered when I read this. The fact is that Macs are now priced competitively with PCs from quality Intel-based manufacturers like Sony and Dell. Sometimes they are a better deal (like the new iMacs), sometimes not, but they are always in the same ballpark. Apple only competes in certain segments of the market, but where they do compete, they are serious about it.

  There's simply no arguing with this point, which can be shown definitively now that Macs have Intel processors in them, if you are willing to be honest and detailed about real-world comparisons, and yet Farhad actually manages to somehow suggest through this shallow resale-value shell game that Macs are still more expensive.

  I'm done reading Machinist. It's a waste of time -- he's good at a few things, like gaming, but he lacks the understanding to have any real vision with respect to technology -- there are no "big ideas" here. When I see a Machinist headline that interests me, I'll go elsewhere to read about it.

  If you're looking for a really strong and well-informed Mac advocate to argue with, try Roughly Drafted.

  —rasmus Read rasmus's other letters
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