I have one of the 200 dollar models, and there are a couple of reasons. 1st is they work with appletalk. Most third party wireless products don't.
2nd They act as a wireless print server. Given that stand alone wireless print servers run ~$150, this is a big deal.
Access point, print server and full mac compatibility for $200, modem for those without broadband for $250. I'd Say that all together its not a bad deal. Like may thinks mac, the total cost seems high, but to get equal functionality elsewhere, the cost runs almost the same. The only complaint would be they don't sell an access point only model for 100 to 150 dollars.
I dont know how much this would affect the benchmarks, but Apple made a point of using standard GCC for all of the benchmarks, rather than the platform specific benchmark tweaked compilers. If this does lower the dell/intel scores, maybe Dell and Intel need more attention??
Read the powell opinion. In it he clearly states, on the FIRST page, that he is againts ending line sharing.
...line sharing
has clear and measurable benefits for consumers. It has unquestionably given birth to important competitive broadband suppliers. That additional competition has directly contributed to lower prices for new broadband services. By some estimates, 40% of DSL providers use line shared inputs. The decision to kill off this element and replace it with a transition of higher and higher wholesale prices will lead quite quickly to higher retail prices for broadband consumers.
He also thinks linesharing, which applies only to copper lines, would speed the phone companies move to fiber, where they do not have to share.
What happens if the person generating the spam is located overseas? For telemarketing, international calls carries a large price, but emailing from outside the US can be done without much effort. This would just move all spam offshore.
Might help for spam filter purposes!
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I have one of the 200 dollar models, and there are a couple of reasons. 1st is they work with appletalk. Most third party wireless products don't. 2nd They act as a wireless print server. Given that stand alone wireless print servers run ~$150, this is a big deal. Access point, print server and full mac compatibility for $200, modem for those without broadband for $250. I'd Say that all together its not a bad deal. Like may thinks mac, the total cost seems high, but to get equal functionality elsewhere, the cost runs almost the same. The only complaint would be they don't sell an access point only model for 100 to 150 dollars.
Yeah, but the 100% number must be bogus. Have you ever heard, in a group of twenty, of everyone agreeing?
I dont know how much this would affect the benchmarks, but Apple made a point of using standard GCC for all of the benchmarks, rather than the platform specific benchmark tweaked compilers. If this does lower the dell/intel scores, maybe Dell and Intel need more attention??
What happens if the person generating the spam is located overseas? For telemarketing, international calls carries a large price, but emailing from outside the US can be done without much effort. This would just move all spam offshore. Might help for spam filter purposes!