[GreenKeys] VISTA (for Don Merz)

[Bryan Brodie]

Don,

You could run your Windows Photoshop on any Intel Mac as long as you
have a valid Windows XP SP2 installer CD and serial number.

For only $40 extra, you can run Windows and Mac programs 'side by
side' in the Mac operating system.

While Apple does not make cheapola quality stuff, you can pick up
excellent quality refurbished equipment at Apple.com - I've bought my
last three (refurbished) Macs there. Got a $1200 laptop for $900 (for
example).

Right now, you could buy a refurbished 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with a
20-inch LCD display, 1GB RAM, 250GB SATA HD, 8x dual layer DVD burner,
bluetooth, gigabit ethernet, USB2, Firewire, 802.11n wireless and
built-in webcam for $950.

Oh, and free shipping! Now, I don't know where you're getting the same
thing for $200 ("$700 higher cost" than this) but please tell me
where, so we both can get one!

This will, by the way, run XP like a bat out of hell.  Macs have come
a long way, baby!

Bryan Brodie

> From: <don at thedjbrothers.com>
> To: "'Roy Wildermuth'" <w3rlw at rochester.rr.com>, "'Don Robert House'" <k9tty at dls.net>, "'Greenkeys'" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:04:55 -0400
> Subject: RE: [GreenKeys] VISTA
> I carefully evaluated this last year. I am a heavy Photoshop user so the Mac
> would be ideal for me. I was willing to accept the $700 higher cost for an
> equivalent hardware platform. But the problem was that none of my software
> licenses could be transferred for Photoshop and all the proprietary plug-ins
> and other tools I use. If Apple was as smart as they think they are, they
> would work with the SW makers to ensure that licenses transfer at no cost.
>
> I see that Mac usage is up to 6% of the PC market. I bet Vista is
> responsible for a fair share of that growth. The April issue of Wired
> Magazine had a killer article on Apple. In general for $10 a year, everyone
> on Earth should read Wired. At least twice a year they produce an issue that
> is pure platinum from cover to cover. April was one such issue.
>
>
> Don Merz