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[Rick Banuelos]

On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 08:27  PM, Ally Maddox wrote:

> Thank you, Charles, for all that info. Explain further about the 
> various points you listed. Free software, Kodak prints, free web 
> space. Will this cost $99 when the second year renewal comes around? 
> Is the first year still $49?
> Thanks,
> Ally
>

If I may, I'd like to chime in with my experience. I'm a $49 .Mac-er, 
and I re-evaluate the $99 yearly upkeep every day in dollars. Of 
course, it's an opinion, but it works for me. Right now, I wouldn't pay 
more than $70 for the service. I have 2 macs (soon to be one), and no 
PDAs, so .Mac iSync doesn't make monetary hay. I'd like to get to know 
iPhoto a bit better; I'd like to see if I can create a link to my photo 
library without sucking up HD space and moving my images- I like to 
manage my own things... I don't have a video camera, so I don't need 
iMovie. My homepage has been wonderful to build and show my family, and 
carries most of the weight in my decision-- mainly because I don't have 
a firm grasp on html, and home page makes it easy for me until I learn. 
After that, the $100 would only apply to the email address, and to me, 
although a mac.com address is cool, it isn't worth $100. Oh, and the 
free shareware games are nice, but they aren't worth $100 either.


Hope this helps,


Rick Banuelos

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