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New I would love to have a Powerbook, but...
... at this point I don't want to trade one monopoly for another!

The technology is sweet. I'd even love to just play around with OSX for a while. But by God, the only differences between Apple and Microsoft are as follows:

1. Apple hardware and software is generally better designed and more reliable.

2. Unlike Apple, Microsoft still has vestigial traces of shame where being a software despot is concerned.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
New Monopoly?
I'll refer you to the dictionary definition of a monopoly :-)

On the tech side, Apple lappers are so much better assembled and designed than PC ones it's not funny. And the support is superb. These things matter if the box is what you're depending on for your daily bread.

And if you think Microsoft has any shame at all, then you're more charmingly naive than I thought. Of course, Apple does have the advantage that their software is mostly good and occasionally sucky, whereas our dear friends in Redmond are at the far opposite extreme of that continuum.


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New Monopoly.
Insofar as their specific market is concerned -- selling Apple computers -- they have a monopoly. They control their specific market completely and utterly.

Their market happens to be in competition with Microsoft, but they are essentially different markets that do pretty much the same thing. Both are monopolies...

And I said *vestigial traces* of shame, in that they have the courtesy to at least *pretend* they're not fucking over their customers. Every time Apple releases a new upgrade to OSX it extends a great big digital bird to its entire userbase and laughs, and laughs, and laughs.

Oh, and it gets its user base SO FUCKING EXCITED about its new products that they do everything they can to learn more, and then they SUE THEM FOR IT.

Breathe deep. That's the smell of "we're *entitled* to this adulation so we'll do whatever the hell we want to you, and you'll keep crawling back..."
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
New Just buy it for the nice hardware then
and toss [link|http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/|Linux] on it. Can even get it [link|http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/apple/|pre installed] if you like.
When you purchase an Apple computer from Terra Soft, it will ship with the most current version of Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed. Mac OS X is also pre-installed and may be accessed by holding the OPTION key at boot.
Checking their prices, it doesn't look like they charge extra for installing Linux for you.
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
     Linux Laptop? - (cwbrenn) - (31)
         Pavilion zv5370us Notebook - (a6l6e6x)
         Yendor Mike just got an HP zd8080us... - (folkert) - (3)
             As Greg said... - (Yendor)
             But, it's not an Athlon 64. - (a6l6e6x) - (1)
                 Truedat... - (Yendor)
         Re: Linux Laptop? - (pwhysall)
         Possible contender - (cwbrenn) - (19)
             No personal experience. - (Another Scott) - (9)
                 Re: No personal experience. - (cwbrenn) - (8)
                     On the configuration page it's different. - (Another Scott) - (7)
                         And contrast that with the recommendation I made before. - (a6l6e6x) - (4)
                             Wow! -NT - (Another Scott) - (3)
                                 Don't be decieved... - (cwbrenn) - (2)
                                     I'll take it back. - (cwbrenn) - (1)
                                         ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe)
                         That's very strange, because - (cwbrenn) - (1)
                             Add an OS and the price will match mine. :-) -NT - (Another Scott)
             On a non-technical note. - (pwhysall) - (8)
                 True, but... - (cwbrenn) - (7)
                     Nothing here move along. - (folkert)
                     Mind you - (pwhysall) - (4)
                         I would love to have a Powerbook, but... - (cwbrenn) - (3)
                             Monopoly? - (pwhysall) - (1)
                                 Monopoly. - (cwbrenn)
                             Just buy it for the nice hardware then - (SpiceWare)
                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (folkert)
         Ooooooooh... - (cwbrenn) - (4)
             You'd be a fool not to... - (folkert) - (1)
                 Re: You'd be a fool not to... - (cwbrenn)
             Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb -NT - (drewk) - (1)
                 Re: Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb - (cwbrenn)

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