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Mac vs. PC costs



On Jun 20, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Robert Krawitz <rlk-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> You're talking to someone who's owned Inspiron 8000's and 8200's, just
> about the ugliest laptops anyone's ever built.  My 9400 has a nasty
> ding on it where I removed the Designed for Windows sticker and then
> used acetone to remove the sticky stuff that also removed some of the
> paint.  The real joke is that I would care how a laptop looks.

I'm guessing you probably drive a "practical" car too... :)


> Its a BITCH replacing the hard drive in a
>   PowerBook or a MacBook Pro. Its one screw in my ThinkPad.
>
> Since I've already upgraded the drive in my 9400 twice (lots of photos
> and VirtualBox images does that to you), that *does* matter to me.

Eh. Two hours of extra effort once a year, maybe, isn't such a big  
deal to me.

--jarod







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