Comments on: Obligatory MacMini RIP Rumor post http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081021/obligatory-macmini-rip-rumor-post/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Midweek Gadget Thumbs » Coolest Gadgets http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081021/obligatory-macmini-rip-rumor-post/comment-page-1/#comment-352218 Midweek Gadget Thumbs » Coolest Gadgets Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:51:22 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=17568#comment-352218 [...] « Obligatory MacMini RIP Rumor post [...] [...] « Obligatory MacMini RIP Rumor post [...]

]]> By: Spuffler http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20081021/obligatory-macmini-rip-rumor-post/comment-page-1/#comment-352168 Spuffler Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:38:12 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=17568#comment-352168 I left Macs when OS 8 came out. I really liked the earlier versions of MacOS, and I didn't mind the 640X0 architecture, since that configuration was instrumental in introducing me to multitasking. After the initial plunge into computing via a lowly, well used Mac Plus, I ultimately had to switch to PCs. Initially, I hated the x86 side of the computing world, yet I became awash in its lower cost yet commodity grade hardware. Eventually, I found Linux for my older hardware and so far, so good. My current cellphone is cheaper than Apples offerings, my current 3.33 GHz PC is waaaaayyy cheaper than even the lowest grade WELL USED G5 systems, my MP3 player lets me put copies of my own CD rips onto it and still I retain the original rips on the host PC, so for those who haven't yet grasped the import of my tale, the moral of my story is that Apple lost me over 15 years ago, and has done nothing to win my favor - I no longer pay Apple for coolness. I left Macs when OS 8 came out. I really liked the earlier versions of MacOS, and I didn’t mind the 640X0 architecture, since that configuration was instrumental in introducing me to multitasking. After the initial plunge into computing via a lowly, well used Mac Plus, I ultimately had to switch to PCs. Initially, I hated the x86 side of the computing world, yet I became awash in its lower cost yet commodity grade hardware. Eventually, I found Linux for my older hardware and so far, so good.

My current cellphone is cheaper than Apples offerings, my current 3.33 GHz PC is waaaaayyy cheaper than even the lowest grade WELL USED G5 systems, my MP3 player lets me put copies of my own CD rips onto it and still I retain the original rips on the host PC, so for those who haven’t yet grasped the import of my tale, the moral of my story is that Apple lost me over 15 years ago, and has done nothing to win my favor – I no longer pay Apple for coolness.

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