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City Barber Shop - Eddie Lunsford wrote:
> 
> YOU SAID: >Or better yet ... GET A MAC!
> 
> ME:
> I have heard many Mac users praise the Mightty mac.
> But I may never own one, heres why.
> They are said to be quite more expensive than even some of your top of the
> line PC's.

Actually, Macs have dropped in price considerable over the past year to
year and a half.  They may still be a bit more expensive, but not like
they used to be.  The prices are much more comparable to PC's than they
have been in the past.  If you are in education, you can get a pretty
good deal on one.

> Software programs for them are difficult to find, due to the very limited
> consumer market.

There is less of a selection for games and things of that
nature...however, office suites layout and graphic design, web design,
etc. programs for the Mac are abundant and usually superior to their PC
counterparts.

> Technology is not keeping up to date , at least not at the rate of
> improvements, new programsetc. as developed for the PC/ IBM compatible
> market, again due to the limited Mac Market.

Ummm...I don't know about that.  The PPC is up to 350 mHz for a single
processor desktop computer.  For years Apple was ahead of the game when
it came to setting hardware standards.  For instance, all Macs have come
with a built in SCSI port for many years now.  We have a Mac here at
work that was purchased in 1991 that has a built in ethernet card that
came with it.  

> Supply and Demand pretty much rules economics and people just dont design
> many products or spend time developing new technology if they are not going
> to sell very many of that item.

I definitely see your point on this.  The most popular web browsers, for
example, are seriously lacking when compared to their PC counterparts. 
That is not the fault of Apple, but of Netscape and Microsoft, etc. 
Microsoft is starting to bring the IE for Mac up to par with the PC
version, though.  Surprisingly, they have one of the best Mac
development teams around.

> Any Mac users out there?

Not me.  :)  Actually I have a Mac at home and both a Macs and PCs here
at work, so I have a basis of comparison.  MY personal computer at work
is a Gateway Pentium 200.  I must admit that I do like it.  We have many
computer of both kinds for patrons to come in and use and part of my job
is to help them.

> What do you do about new software, faster processors, parts, upgrades,
> etc.???
> faster CD drives? Bigger HD's? compatibility problems?

PPC's are currently faster than any Pentium on the market.  Software
upgrades are waaaaaay easier to perform on a Mac than on a PC. 
Installing software and hardware is also much easier.  Overall, Macs are
much more user friendly which is why they cornered the education market
and many "creativity" markets (marketing, graphic design, advertising,
etc.) years ago.  Such users would rather spend more time creating and
doing than learning how to use the computer and messing w/ problems.  CD
ROM drives ship at 24x.  HD's are the same size as the PC counterparts. 
As for compatibility, Macs are much more compatible Windows based
applications and files than vice versa.  Every Mac can read PC formatted
disks (both ejectables and non-ejectables) and all Apple machines can
perfectly translate nearly any PC word processing document to any Mac
word processing document.  As for sound files, graphics, etc...Macs can
use just about any kind from any platform.  There is no shortage of
emulation software available to run PC based applications (such as
Softwindows and Virtual PC) and many hardware options such as PC
compatibility cards.  One can even buy an Apple machine that has both a 
PPC and a Pentium processor and can toggle between the Mac OS 8 and
Windows 95.  With Rhapsody on the horizon and Java integrated into the
Mac OS like never before, compatibility is increasing rapidly.  Rhapsody
will eventually be released not only for PPC Apple machines, but also
for Pentiums and other processors.

Just some thoughts.

God speed,
Kirk "yeah, Macs are ok...I guess" Van Ooteghem

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Kirk Van Ooteghem

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