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To: HerbVic who wrote (145178)	11/17/2012 4:24:30 PM
From: Doren	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 213172

> Aren't these iMacs basically disposable? They are basically more expensive. Apple is levering more money out of our wallets for less machine. - same price no optical - sure you can buy an external but externals are more expensive than internals - obviously Apple's had to pay for a lot of replacements of crap internal optical - a lot I think - more profit for apple if they don't have to screw with mechanical devices - can't upgrade ram or drives yourself - more expensive - more profit for Apple - hard to repair - this means the effective life of a Mac is shorter - if your Mac dies on day 3 years plus one you are sh¡t out of luck. Probably doesn't mean much as MOBOs etc don't die often now that Apple has cooling down pat but what it you aren't lucky? My quicksilver will be 11 years old Jan 28, still usable to some extent. Actually probably close in power and speed to my brothers low end iMac. Apple is looking down the road to when solid state makes everything non-upgradable anyway. Motherboard, case and screen. Not even any wires. I will probably be looking into a Linux machine, but Apple is betting I'm not your average consumer. There is no point in buying a Microsoft machine IMHO and google's machines aren't serious for anyone except extreme über geeks and people who only need internet. My nano and maybe my phone is a problem if I abandon Apple but their are other devices. I can tell you that I'm very reluctant to buy any software or media from Apple because I know they are trying to lock us in. In fact one little application I really like I would like to upgrade. I haven't because the App is ONLY available through the Apple store.

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