Posted by AnthonyR on 10/10/05 20:27

"Derry Argue" <home@adviegundogs.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3quooeFgfij7U1@individual.net...
>I recently went the G5 and Final Cut route after a lot of thought. But I am
> a cheapskate so needed to make some concessions to ease my conscience over
> parting with all that money!<g>
>
> I bought a refurbished G5 Powermac from Apple which saved me quite a bit.
> I
> also bought the Formac monitor instead of the Apple monitor. So far as I
> can see, the only think that has been tampered with in the G5 is one CD
> sleeve has been opened! The sales guy said many "refurbished" macs have
> never been out of the box and are just returned because the purchaser
> changed his mind. But they won't sell them as new. They carry the same
> guarantees, etc.
>
> I also purchased a full retail unopened copy of Final Cut Pro 4 off Ebay
> at
> about half the normal retail price.
>
> I am still learning about both so can't comment further, except to say the
> Mac is beautifully built which alone is reassuring. I bought a PC for the
> office about the same time from PCWorld and politeness prohihits me from
> commenting! Let's say it is comparing a Rolls Royce with a Ford Escort --
> both do the same job but there are a lot more spares and add ons available
> for the Ford - but I still know which I'd choose, if I had the money!
>
> Derry

Derry,
I respect your opinion and am glad you can share with us but your analogy of
a mac and PC isn't very accurrate
mainly because you classified all PC's as being the same.
How can you compare a $500 e-machine with a $4000 Professionally built PC as
both being equal and then compare that to a mac?

You should have been more specific about the exact brand, model and specs of
the PC you didn't like at work with the mac.
And you siad yourself, you are cheapskate, so i doubt you bought a top of
the line hardware PC. No?

That's the only thing i take issue with in your comments. People often lump
all PC's together when comparing when in reality there are ford escort and
mercedes and Rolls Royce versions of PC's out there for sale.

AnthonyR

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