On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:47:55 -0500, Stan Horwitz >
wrote:

>In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
>> On 2009-01-23, Stan Horwitz > wrote:
>>
>> > of that, the cost to buy the full featured Vista is an outright rip off.
>>
>> Only an Apple zealot could make that statement with a straight face.
>>
>> nb
>
>On the contrary, only a person who knows how to read prices online would
>say that with a straight face. The Vista edition that's functionally
>equivalent to Mac OS X is Home Ultimate. Amazon.com is offering Vista
>Home Ultimate SP1 for $238.95 while Mac OS X is offered by amazon.com
>for $109.99. In order for Windows Vista users to get the same level of
>functionality that Mac OS X 10.5 users get, it costs them more than
>twice as much money. And if you add Apple's new iLife '09 onto the
>price, its still cheaper then Home Ultimate.

Now go compare prices for PCs and Macs to run those systems and come
back and talk.

Boron