looking for laptop

[Jonathan Duncan]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Michael L Torrie wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 12:02 -0700, Justin Findlay wrote:
>> On AD 2007 February 15 Thursday 11:18:19 AM -0700, Jonathan Duncan wrote:
>>> I recently found and purchased a MacBook from Apple for $850.  I got it
>>> for my wife.  Your requirements are all relative.  Care to quantify
>>> further?
>>
>> I'd prefer not to pay the Microsoft or the OSX tax levied on all new
>                                            ^^^^^^^^^
> If you see OS X as a tax on Apple computers, then you definitely should
> not even consider Apple machines.  In my opinion, I recommend people buy
> Apple computers for the platform, hardware and software.  I am perfectly
> content to pay for a good product (I'm speaking about OS X here).  I
> don't see it as a tax at all.  I think buying an apple computer for it's
> ability to dual or triple boot OS's is legitimate, but if you're going
> to only run linux or windows on it, you might be best served by some
> other brand.  In other words don't buy apple just because it is good
> hardware.
>
>

Amen!

+1 OS X