Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?

["Taryn" <Taryntoo@gmail.com>]

Rex the Strange wrote:
> This is stupid - who buys a new computer because their old one is
> corrupted? I'm sure such morons exist, but I guess they deserve to get
> stiffed if they're going to be so idiotic. My father-in-law was going
> to do that and I pointed out that it's like buying a new car because
> the old one is out of gas.
>

This was part of my point, PC users don't value their machines. As soon
as they realize it doesn't work right anymore, they go looking for the
'The Next Big Thing'

Macs, as a class, are used longer, run more applications more often,
and have more second owners. Even when they were more expensive than
PCs, Total-cost-of-ownership studies proved Macs to be cheaper to own,
partly because  there was less need for frequent software upgrades. Of
course the real savings have always been in support and repair costs.


> Furthermore, such stupidity could strike any computer user regardless
> of platform or os.

Only a month ago I might have argued this point. But I just put a Pismo
back into service that had been replaced with a new G4 because it had a
failing RAM card. Of course, that was only an excuse, but I was
horrified to see someone who wanted to throw away a perfectly good Mac
because it started to crash occasionally.  (Strangly enough, the
machine usually worked fine until she tried to run Powerpoint. Only
then, did the RAM fall on its sword!)

More on the Intel switch at :
<http://ornae.com/article/33/apple-users-have-another-tempest-in-our-teapot>