At 9:16 AM -0700 8/12/07, Chuck Guzis wrote:
But let's face it--today's consumer PCs by and
large are designed for
a year or two of operating life. They're essentially disposable
items. People upgrade even when they don't have to--and sometimes
the upgrade path is forced by software bloat (but I'm not going to
climb onto that horse right now).
If Apple wants to over-engineer their consumer products, then good
for them. I predict that the trend won't last, however.
Apple computers aren't throw away disposable items to most users.
Even 6 years later they can still have value (just price something
like a clamshell iBook). I think you'll find that the average Mac
users uses their systems for a longer period of time than the average
PC user. Shoot I just finally retired the PowerMac 8500/180 I bought
over 10 years ago this year (my G4/450 was retired nearly 4 years
ago).
The build quality is part of what makes the Mac the computer that it is.
Zane
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