[Ti] Re: New iMac models...

[Kim Gammelgård]

He, Sorry about the provocation, I just couldn't help it. I agree  
mostly with Alexandre, except that I would write "some areas are still 
(...)" instead of countries.

Modems are unfortunately still needed in laptops due to the different  
situations noted in this thread, but for desktops, it really should  
be a thing you only buy if you really really need it. Just like the  
floppy drive everybody thought was extremely necessary when the  
original iMac came out.

I have never used the modem in my 1,5 year old PB, but I frantically  
search for hotels with free or reasonable WIFI-rates where ever I go.  
And I do travel quite a bit within Europe. No doubt that the recent  
SAS/Radisson move to give free WIFI to all visitors is because of  
this growing demand. Modems suck. And Macs work so well with WIFI.

Kim




Den 14. okt 2005 kl. 13.29 alexandre responded:

>>
>> They are adding features and lowering the price and they are  
>> appealing
>> to that 40% by offering a USB modem. Smart marketing, I'd say.
>>
>
> i agree for desktop macs, but it would be very bad (for all reasons  
> stated before) to remove it from power and ibooks.
>
> i live in switzerland and broadband is everywhere, but some  
> countries are still on dial-up…
>
> alexandre
> :: 12" 867mhz powerbook/ 640mb / 80gb / X.4.2 ::