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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:51 PM Original message |
I don't own a "MAC" and have never really shopped for one |
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Flitzy (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. What Mac costs $5,000? |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. A brand new 12-Core Mac Pro with 64 GB of ram and 8 TB of RAID HD space will run about $10,000 |
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Flitzy (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. True ;P |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Things being stolen at the protest aren't necessarily being stolen by protestors. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. In New York City, if it is not locked down, it will walk away. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I once left a backpack in a restaurant booth in Manhattan |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. My girlfriend had her clothes stolen from a laundromat... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Macs are expensive, but not that expensive. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. You sure do like to trot that one out, no matter how many times you're proven wrong. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sorry, I've priced them. On average Macs are twice as expensive than comparable PCs. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. But MAC's are more durable! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. No, they're not. They're just more durable than a shit PC. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. But PCs are shit. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. So macs run the same hardware as a PC |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Oh, this is soooooo tedious and boring |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I'd sure like to see you back that claim up... |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. LOL....you are so wrong! I bought two dell laptops for less than one ac laptop and |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. That is 100% not true. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. There's a very high correlation between "gamers" and people who dislike Macs. |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It's because gamers like to "tweak" their systems |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Thanks -- I'll take a look at Peggle! (NT) |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I love the silly shit on PC's like LED's to show you how fast your processor is running. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. My Mac desktop cost $599. I can get a Macbook Air for $999. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. I have a Mac Mini and it only cost $500. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That's just for the CPU. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. The top end can be that expensive |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sound a little high, even with all the expensive options. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Something is fishy here alright. nt |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. This report is coming from Rupert Murdoch's make-em-up-as-you-go rag. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I know that. I was talking about the OP. nt |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. You'd have to really work to get a Macbook Pro up to $5,500 |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Software |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Since she's a legal-team volunteer, she probably got it from them |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's from Murdoch's NY Post |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's a bit more |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. In any random slice of the population... |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Agree 100%. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. A friend got one of those all-in-one Macs (desktop w hard drive built in) for about $2K incl tax. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. MacBook Pro and iMac start at $1199 |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. I had to chuckle at that as well. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Unless OWS has a gas-powered generator to power desktop computers... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Add in software and $5500 is reasonable |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. And another hit and run from you, Why an I not surprised? nt |
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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. A lert is your friend |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Oh I can do both, but I prefer to call people out to their face. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Bravo! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. FUCK MURDOCH'S LIES!!! |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. "NY Post my butt" |
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