----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Martin" <chasm at mac.com> > > I just don't get why so many Mac owners are so hesitant to invest in > their machines. They already enjoy a HUGE cost savings over their PC- > using friends by not having to replace their machines nearly as often, > not to mention all the cash they're not spending on anti-virus/ > spyware/hackers, no long-distance forever-on-hold calls to techs and > companies who only blame each other, no weekly visits from $80/hour (and > up) PC techs and so on. > It may be because there's little/ no Mac software for sale in their neck of the woods. It's a matter of "the spirit is willing, but the vendors are absent"