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• Wednesday, November 7, 2007 07:09 AM

  You have GOT to be kidding me!!

  Resale value?? That is how you are trying to justify buying a machine that is more expensive to own in every way from OS to application software to upgrades to repairs? How many people buy a computer for it's freaking investment value? Not I. Not many. Not any? Oh yes, I forgot, Macs don't crash... HAHAHAHA! Macs don't get viruses. Our IT group says they use Novell Groupwise (mail) for the very same reason Macs don't get viruses: the market share is so small why bother writing a virus for it?

  I can see it now, racks and racks of Mac PCs being used for everything from database to web to Citrix servers. No I can't, because it will never happen. And yet, that is just what HP/Compaq, Dell, and even Gateway have been doing for years. I know. I manage enterprise database systems for one of the largest employers on the east coast. I also run a project recording studio out of my home. PCs are winning in this arena as well, as a similar high end Mac (not some entry level piece of junk), will cost you 30% more, and won't run some of the most popular media software like Giga Studio, or Sonar. Even Pro Tools got wise and now runs on a PC. I can buy a ton of muscle in the PC platform. More than can even be stuffed into a Mac. Period. Try this with your Mac: eight quad core CPUs and 100 GB RAM, two terrabytes disk space. Ha Ha.

  A Mac is just a metrosexual dream. Get used to it, and go get a manicure or a Double Ristretto Venti Nonfat Organic Chocolate Brownie Frappuccino Extra Hot with Foam and Whipped Cream Upside Down Double Blended, and stop spouting this nonsense.

  —Poco Read Poco's other letters
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