Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

You buy a computer SYSTEM.
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It's value to the end user is what the whole SYSTEM can do.
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Does Apple charge a premium for expanding the storage? Absolutely.
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Is it worth it in order to get a personal computer system that works as
well as a Mac does? Absolutely.

 
How is that not proving my point, that you're rationalizing?

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Because I'm using a complete system that works well for me.
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When I bought my current machine, I considered my space requirements and
got the 1TB option, and that cost me an additional $250.
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I didn't do it for "bragging rights" or to declare my system to be "elite".
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I did it because I USE the space.
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And I paid Apple's premium because life experience (more than 30 years
using, selling, and supporting both Macs and Windows personal computers)
has shown me the value of a system that works as well as a Mac does.
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My entire computer is the tool I purchased, and I looked at the entire
price of the tool I needed and the value of that tool to me and I paid
it. All in, the price as $2,200
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I fully expect this tool to serve me well for the next 5-7 years, so the
monthly cost is no more than $36.67.

I am certain I could do better buying as parts.

And having empty space isn't "elite".

 
And yet Apple charges such a premium for it, that you would think it
was ...

Nope. Rational people don't think that paying for something they're not
using is in any way, shape or form "elite"?
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There's a saying that you should learn:
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'There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a
little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider
price only are this man's lawful prey.'

And yet my parts are all good stuff.  Apple expects you to trust that
they'd only provide something as good, but you don't really know.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.