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Ballmer Scorns Apple As a $500 Logo
theodp writes "Speaking at a conference in NYC, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did his best to refan the flames of the Mac vs. PC rivalry: 'Now I think the tide has really turned back the other direction [against Apple],' Ballmer said. 'The economy is helpful. Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment — same piece of hardware — paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that's a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be.'"
The Linux desktop is Ballmer's real nightmare... and it is getting closer.
Yes it is - I hear this might be the year of linux on the desktop!!
More like $1000 - $1400 then $500 mac pro $1000+ over priced with pc's at $1000 - $1400 with the same cpu power power X2 the ram with 2 more ram slots then the mac pro and better video cards why have a weak video card like they do in the mac pro at $2500 much less $3,299.00 and a $100 - $150 over priced ati video card upstate??
The mini is better then the old one but $600 and only 1GB of RAM??? - 128 for on board video? and 160gb hd? the $800 system still has a same cpu so $200 for just about x2 the hdd space and x2 the ram should of added 256 - 512 vram THAT DOES NOT come from system ram and a 7200rpm HD.
Imacs with on board video at $1,499.00 and $1,799.00 when the old ones had better cards with there own ram. Apple has lost it.
Even if you have pay $300 - $500 for mac os you still build a better system then the mac pro for less. Just watch in 6 mo when all the apple hardware is still at the same price as it is now and pc have came down in price for the same hardware with better video cards.
Taken directly from Apple about 10 seconds ago:
"Minimum System Requirements
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
512MB of physical RAM
DVD drive for installation"
You see the word "Requirement" followed by the words "Mac computer"? Strikes me as being pretty simple, really.
cmd-q.co.uk - some sort of stupid fucking internet bullshit
i dont see whats wrong with what ballmer is saying. im not a huge fan of him or windows by any means but an apple is an x86 computer in a fancy case with an overpriced operating system. sure its better than windows but not so much to be paying such a steep price for it.
the extra cost just makes less people afford it and the ones who do end up being smug like hybrid owners in southpark, or on slashdot..
You're not alone. I read recently that Apple is among the worst major PC manufacturers in terms of hardware reliability. The OS is great, but I'd never buy one of the computers. I guess it's a good thing you can build Hackintoshes now.
This poo is cold.
Except that, when bought with a PC, Windows costs a tenth of that.