The iBook is one of the few products Apple makes that costs LESS than comparable Windows laptops (the others generally will cost about the same or more, probably more).
I say comparable because any Windows laptop costing less than the iBook is last years model.
The reason this happens is that unlike desktops, you can't get away with commodifing the innards as you have to design custom parts for a lot of the pieces to fit inside that small case.
There are situations where not have access is discriminatory.
Case in point is when you have the only grocery store in town and you won't let in certain kinds of people. Say you won't let is someone because they are asian.
Now picture a similar setup that turned away any disabled people.
If I were a bank and had such a thing in place and MS used that I would sue MS for breaking into the computer system and some MS guy would either end up in jail or MS would have to pay a fine.
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One correction.
The iBook is one of the few products Apple makes that costs LESS than comparable Windows laptops (the others generally will cost about the same or more, probably more).
I say comparable because any Windows laptop costing less than the iBook is last years model.
The reason this happens is that unlike desktops, you can't get away with commodifing the innards as you have to design custom parts for a lot of the pieces to fit inside that small case.
In other words laptops are tightly integrated.
Not entirely true.
bash is the default "sh" shell (for scripts).
However, the default "user" shell is tcsh.
[bast:~] lemke% ls /bin/*sh
/bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /bin/zsh
That is from this machine running 10.2.1.
From The Apple Store the base price of the low end tower model (the one you used) is $1,699.00
That includes the following:
Power Mac G4 Dual 867MHz w/133MHz system bus
That is the base model.
I would buy that base model with AppleCare added on (about $269) and get any extra drives or memory separately from a third party vender.
The price is reasonable if you don't buy Apple RAM or hard drives other than one size bigger than the base.
Well, partly true.
The BSDs are UNIX based as they share a common heritage with SysV UNIX.
Linux on the other hand is a UNIX clone and doesn't even have that heritage to draw on.
It was called a catapult in the book. So, I always thought you could use a really tightly engineered catapult.
Then again don't seem to have a sense of humor.
I second that.
Apple has always used higher quality LCD for their equipment.
PowerBooks for instance always had good displays as far back as I can remember (been using them since 1995).
Also keep in mind that if you have a good graphics card and it is directly wired into the LCD in some fashion, it will work around this quite well.
I get really good results with setting my PowerBook Pismo to 800X600 and the native resolution is 1200X768.
Try an Apple LCD display.
They have alwyas been good. I remember owning a PowerBook 5300c (released 1995) and that was crisp and clear.
Things have just gotten better with them over the years with regard to the LCDs Apple uses.
Basically, you want to buy from a vendor that cares about quality, like Apple does.
I'm drooling over the 22 and 23 Apple LCD displays.
You around in 1994/1995?
CRTs costed about the amount LCDs do now.
They will go down. Count on it.
You must not know any Mac users. :P
Yeah, a moonbase would be useful for.... ...lobbing rocks earthside!
(The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Reference)
Oh and hunting assumes there is game available and that they know how to hunt.
You do know how long it takes to grow food right?
It doesn't happen in days or weeks.
They would starve first.
Opening their own store would require leasing, etc and is barely possible.
What would happen probably is protests and eventual law enforcement action against the grocery store when the asians seek help.
I'm willing to deal with them if and only if they learn some sense.
Honestly, if you believe that it is okay to exclude simply different people then there is something wrong with you morally and ethically.
Simply put, to exclude someone from something as vital as food, requires a good reason. You can do it but, you need a good reason.
If someone refuses to behave however, they can be thrown out.
That is perfectly legal and is considered public nuisance.
In other words, you should let everyone in, in the grocery store example unless they refuse to behave in which case you can sic the police on them.
You sound like someone who would LIKE JIm Crow de Facto (without law but, in practice).
Jim Crow de Facto is really what you are advocating (segration in practice)
One little problem.
And you HAVE to get groceries within the week.
I'm using the example I gave earlier.
Meaning the asians could start their own store but, in practice they have to eat first.
Therin is the flaw in your argument.
Now another example is that in many areas there aren't any theaters that have open captioned films. Can I watch a film in another theater? No.
So, in that example if I want to watch a film in a theater I wouldn't have a choice.
Guess you don't care about employer hiring practices, harassment, discrimination, or any of that.
Guess you just think market forces fix everything.
If that were true we would be living in an utopia.
Even if the EULA prohibits suing MS it is void just as soon as the EULA condones the company that came up with it to do something illegal.
For example, if an EULA lets a company break into your office to check your installs, the agreement is void as breaking into offices is illegal.
Oh?
Breaking into a computer is illegal period.
It doesn't matter if it is in the EULA.
EULA or no EULA it dosen't matter if Microsoft then goes ahead and breaks into your computer.
Breaking into computers is just as illegal as burglary.
Okay, I'll give you an example
There are situations where not have access is discriminatory.
Case in point is when you have the only grocery store in town and you won't let in certain kinds of people. Say you won't let is someone because they are asian.
Now picture a similar setup that turned away any disabled people.
Almost none.
Agreed.
The Feds are required to be Section 508 compliant.
I've done work for the Feds in web development and Federal web sites are required to be Section 508 compliant.
Actually, the business did ignore the disabled.
The way some disabled people get treated is discriminatory.
There was this guy who needed a wheelchair that had to pull himself along off and airplane with his hands in order to get off.
Doesn't that sound bad?
If I were a bank and had such a thing in place and MS used that I would sue MS for breaking into the computer system and some MS guy would either end up in jail or MS would have to pay a fine.
The point is to allow teachers to upgrade cheaply so there is a larger OS X base and two so Apple keeps the edu market it has.
There is no i386 on those CDs. If the i386 port does exist it is only being used for testing purposes.
Want to show them? Bring in a PowerBook or iBook and show them.
Side note: They teach computer science in high school now?!? 8O
When I was in high school the most advanted thing they taught was BASIC and that was a technical high school