[ale] Boot issues - OR - why Mafia$oft hurts/disappoints everyone endlessly

[Geoffrey Myers]

Richard Bronosky wrote:
> When people complain about the price of Apple computer I tell them to
> find an equivalently spec'ed Dell (including bus speed and on proc
> cache levels) then compare. (Assuming that Apple RAM is overpriced and
> you should customized your Apple order down and order from Crucial)
> those who follow through are usually impressed. But then when it comes
> to portables... Fagetaboutit. No one come close to Apple's size
> constraints and build quality. Maybe Sony, but they are more expensive
> than Apple for lesser specs.

I agree.  The bottom line is, Apple doesn't make the low end stuff. 
When I bought my daughter's Macbook Pro for her when she started at GA 
Tech, her boyfriend's father purchased a Dell laptop.  The both had to 
meet the minimum standards set by GA Tech, once done, The MacBook was 
about $100 more, but I had purchased Applecare for it and it had a 
larger hard drive. All in all, they were quite comparable systems. 
(except his was running Windows (which he subsequently reloaded with 
Mandriva.:)))

> 
> On 11/28/10, Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Nov 2010, Chris Fowler wrote:
>>> This is the main reason I don't try and convert people.
>> It's why, dispite my personal interest levels,
>> I usually don't talk much about:
>>
>>    - Linux
>>    - FOSS
>>    - Burning Man
>>    - Alchemy (the Atlanta based "Regional Burn")
>>    - Raves / Social Experiments
>>    - Caving and Caving Events (see Raves)
>>    - Alternative Music Festivals (LEAF is awesome!)
>>    - Drum Circles (the kind people dance naked around the fire)
>>    - Contra Dancing (see Rave/Gestalt/Group Euphoria)
>>    - Welding / Machining
>>    - Metal Sculture Art
>>    - Fire Art / Poi (Fire Dancing)
>>    - Religion
>>    - Theology
>>    - Really good Sex
>>
>> To anyone not already of the interest group mentioned
>> or that I think is a viable candidate for being a major
>> part of that interest group.
>>
>> The big issue is a establishing that common interest,
>> setting the vocabulary and values, and then supporting it.
>> It's hard.
>>
>> I'll throw something out, and if they catch it, I'll continue.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> Them:  "My $!@! computer just got infected again!"
>>
>> Me:    "Stop using Winders".
>>
>> Them, Option 1:
>>
>>         "What are you using?"
>>
>> Them, Option 2:
>>
>>         "Them Apples are expensive"
>>
>> Them, Option 3:
>>
>>         "What else can you use?"
>>
>> I will toss some bait at Option 1. Might at option 2, and at Option 3 my
>> answer might as well be: "The Aliens provided me a computer that runs on
>> water..."  So I usually stop there.
>>
>> Experience has taught me to evaluate the person on sight, with only a few
>> misses, so I often don't even toss out the bait.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Until later, Geoffrey

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