On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 12:28:56AM -0800, Jan Steinman wrote:
> This may be true if you're talking garage-built computers, but it's a
> myth if you're comparing similarly configured, substantial machines
> from prominent vendors.
>
> Sure, Apple can't compete in the bottom end at the $600 level. But for
> any REASONABLE computer, it may surprise you.
Of course, the logic of this argument falls in a great big heap when you
know (from industry experience) that the putative 'REASONABLE' computer
is made of the same few hundred dollars worth of commodity rubbish that
goes in the 'garage-built' computer. What generally separates the two is
an expensive badge stuck on it to put it at a higher price point to
cater for the people that think that 'you get what you pay for' really
applies to PCs <irony alert!!>.
All that said, that expensive badge-engineered junk at least has a
decent warranty & service plans are usually available that offset any
need for corporate IT departments to get involved beyond logging the
internal service ticket & calling the service agent...
davidt
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