[P1] 17" Laptops

[Remell Boyer]

Dudes, c'mon it can't be that bad.  You act like the MacOS has no problems, like it never crashes or freezes, or new OS X updates don't invalidate things that were already working ;).  
You just said yourself, when your dvd player goes down.  I understand your affinity for your platform or choice, but I know its not as bad as you make it out.  There are a few things that you have to admit:  Macs are more expensive, no matter which way you slice the "get what you pay for/value argument".  They are slower, they less flexible with hardware choices, and mostly behind the technology curve.  For as many innovations as Apple introduces, there are many more that they miss.
Every platform has is problems, and in the end, it all balances out. You just have to find a platform that works for you, and leave it at that.  
The bashing is really not neccessary.  Can't we just play nice?


On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:44:40 -0700
Brett Haselton <haselton at mscd.edu> wrote:

> I use my latitude as a doorstop or a a spare dvd player when mine goes
> down.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: iBook List [mailto:ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of
> Fred Stevens K2FRD
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: [P1] 17" Laptops
> 
> 
> At 12:16 -0500 03/11/03, Jack Rodgers wrote:
> >The 17" Powerbook has two competitors. Toshiba has a rather ungainly
> >17" that is quite fast, windows open instantly. HP just introduced a 
> >new one with a numerical keypad! Either can be had for $1000 less 
> >than Apple's and about the price of the 12" alBook or a little more 
> >than the 14" iBook.
> 
> I don't see the competition, Jack. If someone wants to put up with 
> the crashes, freezes, conflicting non-integrated 
> applications/drivers/software and non-intuitive menus (or lack 
> thereof) of a Windows-based platform, they are welcome to it. The 
> only reason I keep my Dell Latitude laptop around is for ham radio 
> purposes; otherwise, I'd be using it for target practice with my GI 
> .45.
> 
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> 73 de Fred Stevens K2FRD http://home.stny.rr.com/k2frd/K2FRD.htm
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