That's great that you're happy. But I wasn't questioning your happiness, just your claim that there is no inexpensive Mac.
oh jeff is happy as long as he can say "linux" he tends to whine too much about others' success and all he says is because they have better marketing strategy than stupid lanax whatever piece of ********.
i just saw an ipad nona at an appal store in chicago suburb. it looked horrible. i will never going to buy that kind of crap. ipoad mani looked much nicer but they're gone now. i have no idea what's in appal's mind and learned it's safe to stick with Windows®.
Does anyone actually buy a $300 Dell? I mean they always price them cheaply but when you end up buying everything you want, it ends up being way more than you expected. For example, I bought a Powerbook that was more than I really wanted to spend at over 2k, but my girlfriend shortly thereafter bought a Vaio that was not as expensive, but still over 2K. Also, the E-macs and I-macs don't seem way overpriced to me. All the accessories do seem pricey, but for the I-pod, you don't have to go with Mac accessories, but after buying $40 worth of replacement headphones that sounded like crap and broke after a month or so, I wish I had bought mac headphones. Instead, I bought a Shuffle to replace my headphones and the Shuffle seems like a pretty good value to me. There is some truth to the adage "you get what you pay for". Furthermore, I've had tons of trouble with Dell support but never had problems with my Mac products to need support (knock wood).
Dell's reputation as a low-price seller is fading. They have a good number of minimalist systems that are priced very low, but their mid-range and high-end power systems are no better priced than most other companies. For high-end systems (commercially available) Alienware (for media centers/gaming), Vaio (media center/pc), and Macs are pretty much your best bet.
Sorry to drag this out even further, but I just priced a Dell laptop vis-a-vis the 15" Powerbook G4 and the cost was only $200 more for the Mac. Sachin
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/MLSfan22/dell2.jpg (price at the bottom) That is pretty much what I would buy right now if I didn't already have a good and new pc. I'd like to see what other brands would cost including all the stuff listed.
I would include mid-range to their low-priced systems. People often forget that most other companies either don't offer free monitors or even if some do they don't have as many 'free flat panel upgrade' sales as Dell does (seems almost every other week). Also, it's often cheaper to add stuff (more memory, hard drive etc.) when customizing for dell products than other brands. High end systems seem to have the least gap in price.
And that's why you're not in charge of pricing. The HD within the iPod nano costs $99. yeah, let's loose massive amounts of money. That's some good thinking.
For you, that $200 may not matter. BUt for a business that's buying a 100 machines, that all adds up. And have fun with your Macs in a couple weeks while I'm playing Civ4 and you folks are waiting!
Precisely! Thanks Dante! I now have one... an iPod Nano... cool is all I can say! I was leery about the almost credit card size and thinness but it seems worth it once you have one in your hands and they seem just as durable as their bigger brothers! It seems worth the $212.00 total (cost plus tax)! You can buy a warranty with it if you are nervous... other companies also sell warranties for it.
I'm not sure what you're refering to. The Nano doesn't have a hard drive. It uses some new Flash memory from Samsung.
Apple is prepared to make a new announcement: A VIDEO IPOD? http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/05/technology/personaltech/apple.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes Wow? Could it be?
Those portable video players really haven't caught on and I don't see them catching on either. I hope it's not a video iPod because the demand isn't out there. Apple can always surprise use though and form some sort of video store along the lines of the iTunes music store. If we could get movies that people can purchase and download online that are a good quality then I think we might see more people use the portbale video players. Until then I don't see much of a use for them, although if the viPod had jacks that you could plug into a tv and watch I'd be interested in it.
I just don't think the idea of a portable video player has nearly the same appeal. You can't really use it in the car or while working out. Also movies tend not to have the same kind of replay value as music. Dunno, I've been wrong before though.
The portable video player market is going to be cornered by the PSP, you can already play movies and games on it. It's just a matter of time before you'll be able to transfer movie files to it from your PC.