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Big OSX fan, but I'm without a mac

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suselinux:
Im a very big fan of OSX

it runs great, looks great, Unix based, Tons of Apps.

and many popular mainstream apps have been ported to it.

but I am without a mac myself

and I probably always will be.  I like the X86 system not because its a better architecture, believe me I've looked into it ppc chips have alot going for them................except price

I like the fact that I can go fifteen minutes down the road to a local small business ad get an AMD that runs over a gig for about 90 bucks canadian

but I'm surpassing the point I was trying to make

Does anyone else in here feel the same way Big fan of the OS but not of the hardware?

Do I have any options now or in the future?

Fett101:
Me too. If I saw a mac for $300-400 (The price of a low end PC (Yet sadly, higher then my current setup)) in the sunday ads, I'd run right out and buy one.

Pissed_Macman:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/07/1753239&mode=thread&tid=181&tid=126&tid=174&tid=137

and

http://64.246.37.205/

I might use it next time I need to get a new Mac.

hm_murdock:
it's sad that people have to do stuff like this. Steve Jobs must really be a moron if he thinks that the pattern they're keeping up with is going to work. It's great that they're cutting prices... but it's not enough. The entry-level machine is still too much. Apple should have kept the G3 iMac around, upgrading it some to have Radeon graphics to support QE, and with new optical drives... and sell it cheap. Their marketing ensures that people will get something with a G4 if they think they need "power".

A headless G3 iMac? Even better! I always saw Apple releasing a tiny box about the size of a Sega Dreamcast. It's got a single rear-mounted USB port, three front mounted ones. two front mounted FireWire ports, the optical drive on top, opening like a walkman, and either a VGA or DVI port on the back, along with sound in and out. Put a 40 or 60 GB drive in it, and give it easily upgraded RAM, using normal DIMMs, and you'll have somethin' there... oh yeah... sell it for $300.

But it'll never happen, 'cos Apple don't get it! They too stupid!

Oh yeah, not to mention the upgrade pricing for OS X. You think they could sell an "update" edition for $75 or so. Hell, even MS does that!

Laukev7:
Same situation here. I am a big fan of Mac OS X, and I have been craving a Mac for years. However, since I am a student (like many of you, I presume), I have to save money for Uni, and in this situation it is hard to justify paying such a hefty price, even if I know they are well worth it.

I am waiting for the 970, hoping that the PPC catches up with the Pentium. Not that I care about the speed, just because I am insecure about paying more for less speed. And I hope that it might help lower the prices in the process (maybe).

I know it

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