On Oct 30, 8:04 pm, Marc Heusser
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In article ,
" JimH" ask wrote:

Apple computers consistently rank at the top of Consumer Report rating for
both performance and reliability. They are far from cheap though.

This myth should get a rest.
If you compare apples with apples, ie a Dell with everything that the
Macs have, very often you will find that Apple is very competitive,
beating Dell even on price, sometimes by a large margin.
What Apple typically does not serve is the lowest price segment with
corresponding specifications.

See eghttp://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2006/08/10/apple-thrashes...
l-on-mac-pro-pricinghttp://kurafire.net/log/archive/2006/04/25/debunking-the-price-myth-a...
-vs-dell
etc

Plus: a Mac typically has a longer useful life.

Just my experience.

HTH

Marc

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Yes, and this is all relevant to someone who is really playing around,
but who wants to use a 4 year old computer in anything more than a
very, very, small commercial situation. Even if you ask someone doing
commercial Graphic Design on a mac, or someone running advance cad
operations on either, which one of them do you think wants to compete
with 4 yo equipment

Trust me, I have 9 hammers in my shop so I do understand the need for
several seemingly similar tools, but all of the tools we are
discussing here are really suited for very different operations,
reguardless of how they are marketed..