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Pay the Apple 'Tax' to avoid the MS 'Tax'
If you want to avoid the 'proprietary' and 'monopolistic' hell on earth you think MS has brought about, why oh why ole geekyboy are you even thinking of going Intel?

I would think a true geek would do ANYTHING to get away from the horrors of 'proprietary' and 'monopolistic' lockin.

Sigh. I guess while it's easy to sling those CD-ROMS around and claim geek status, picking up a screwdriver and rolling your own is just a bit too, well, ubergeek?
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Plug the hole...  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Good one!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 03/16/06
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Overpriced? I think not.  mbrierley | 03/16/06
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Why would they?  voska | 03/16/06
Why would M$ care?  zaphod@... | 03/16/06
They may not have to...  BitTwiddler | 03/16/06
"MS may have killed it FOR apple."  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Uh oh, I might be in trouble!  NonZealot | 03/16/06
nice try but..  5th Limb in the Kisser | 03/16/06
True, but Gates owns stock in Apple, too  ajole | 03/16/06
Don't EFI  csa0307 | 03/16/06
This is a selling point for Apple....  tic swayback | 03/16/06
Don't be so sure  toadlife | 03/16/06
yes but..  5th Limb in the Kisser | 03/16/06
Not an issue  tic swayback | 03/17/06
Gotta check this one  ajole | 03/16/06
True dat. However there are some people who for one  Laff | 03/17/06
A small percentage would be huge for Apple  tic swayback | 03/17/06
Good points  ajole | 03/17/06
Macintosh enthusiast has apparently  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Money and skill...  #_z | 03/16/06
Money mostly for the motivation  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
You never heard of a challange?  BitTwiddler | 03/16/06
Challenge, maybe, but I got a girlfriend...  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Bragging rights always look good on a resume  Kungfoofighterx | 03/16/06
Let's see, shoud we hire that guy who  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Because it's there  Ex Dementio Scientia | 03/16/06
What does....  John Zern | 03/17/06
depends on the skills sets...  woot! | 03/17/06
...  toadlife | 03/16/06
that's irrelevant for me  Linux Geek | 03/16/06
Linux Geek  yyuko@... | 03/16/06
I think he measns an iNtell Mac.  An_Axe_to_Grind | 03/16/06
This is not the PowerPC platform, dude  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
I don't need PPC  Linux Geek | 03/16/06
Did you read your own post?  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Pay the Apple 'Tax' to avoid the MS 'Tax'  quietLee | 03/16/06
ubergeek?  gemartin | 03/16/06
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Lost Reasoning...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/16/06
Um, we AMD PC geeks are upset now  ajole | 03/16/06
hmm..  Scott W | 03/16/06
Really  jacarter3 | 03/16/06
Linux is good but......  An_Axe_to_Grind | 03/16/06
Simply Choice  yyuko@... | 03/16/06
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hmmm  Scott W | 03/16/06
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Ask and ye shall receive  tic swayback | 03/16/06
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What a coincidence  TonyMcS | 03/16/06
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Hardware Drivers  yyuko@... | 03/16/06
Um... Drivers? Stability? You want it all, eh?  ajole | 03/16/06
what is the website  Maverick Hunter | 03/16/06
nevermind  Maverick Hunter | 03/16/06
It runs, but not very useful  doh123 | 03/16/06
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People already have done so  doh123 | 03/17/06
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