First off, a home-built computer is always cheaper than a brand-name computer. Your basic home-built PC is usually half the price of a Dell or Gateway, and therefore considerably less than an Apple computer. Second, if removing the floppy-drive was such a bad idea how come Dell just followed suit?
And technically, according to previous DARPA levels of raw computations, the G4 is a supercomputer, however that's based on older figures. P4s managed to do the same amount of data processing, however using fugly brute forces designs, and Windows. As for hardware, Apple has fewer choices, but they are often better. Granted you don't have 600 choices for drive and 6,000 pieces of software, rather you have the pick of the litter of those 600 drives and thousands upon thousands of bits of software. Apple does have its limitations, but to say you're free of the cult speaks volumes about your own perceptions. 'The fog was lifted from their eyes' how born-again. And as for freedom, make sure you ask DRM if you can send an email, and make sure to thank Bill Gates for everything he's given you.
Trouble is, read your EULA. There are some very interesting things in there. You essentially agree to the audit, especially in the case of MS software. They use a shotgun tactic: send out the faxes, or emails to any company they can find a listing, then state, using radio commercials, a company's need to report any pirated software, while at the same time asking for disgruntled employees to produce information. They will give out rewards for information to these employees.
For the guy who posted this question originally, you should audit your software to first understand what kind of software you own, what software you've bought but don't have the installation disks, and also what software you might have borrowed inadvertantly. Then consider what kind of real liability you're under and if this software is something they cover. Then consider if they would have any reason to check your particular group. If you're using licensed software from Adobe say, and you're running Wintel boxes, you should really own a real copy or license key for Windows.
But, seriously read the EULAs and see exactly what you have agreed to. The Bill of Rights does exactly cover these kinds of contracts and if you've signed it by installing the software you've unfortunately agreed to a binding contract.
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First off, a home-built computer is always cheaper than a brand-name computer. Your basic home-built PC is usually half the price of a Dell or Gateway, and therefore considerably less than an Apple computer. Second, if removing the floppy-drive was such a bad idea how come Dell just followed suit? And technically, according to previous DARPA levels of raw computations, the G4 is a supercomputer, however that's based on older figures. P4s managed to do the same amount of data processing, however using fugly brute forces designs, and Windows. As for hardware, Apple has fewer choices, but they are often better. Granted you don't have 600 choices for drive and 6,000 pieces of software, rather you have the pick of the litter of those 600 drives and thousands upon thousands of bits of software. Apple does have its limitations, but to say you're free of the cult speaks volumes about your own perceptions. 'The fog was lifted from their eyes' how born-again. And as for freedom, make sure you ask DRM if you can send an email, and make sure to thank Bill Gates for everything he's given you.
Trouble is, read your EULA. There are some very interesting things in there. You essentially agree to the audit, especially in the case of MS software. They use a shotgun tactic: send out the faxes, or emails to any company they can find a listing, then state, using radio commercials, a company's need to report any pirated software, while at the same time asking for disgruntled employees to produce information. They will give out rewards for information to these employees. For the guy who posted this question originally, you should audit your software to first understand what kind of software you own, what software you've bought but don't have the installation disks, and also what software you might have borrowed inadvertantly. Then consider what kind of real liability you're under and if this software is something they cover. Then consider if they would have any reason to check your particular group. If you're using licensed software from Adobe say, and you're running Wintel boxes, you should really own a real copy or license key for Windows. But, seriously read the EULAs and see exactly what you have agreed to. The Bill of Rights does exactly cover these kinds of contracts and if you've signed it by installing the software you've unfortunately agreed to a binding contract.