On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:51:10 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>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.
>

Who buys a computer without a pre-installed OS? I don't know a single
soul. I use my computers until they die and they die with the OS that
came with it. I don't "upgrade" operating systems. That would be
opening up a can of worms because I'd need to upgrade all sorts of
hardware and software too. Might as well buy a new computer.


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