[clue-talk] - - - anybody know anything about these guys . . . ?

[Nate Duehr]

Brian Gibson wrote:

> However, you don't get that without a price.  Macs
> tend to be about 6 to 12 months behind in hardware
> technology and depending on the model there's little
> you can upgrade beyond memory and hard drives.  As is
> typical with most Apple products, there's very little
> that is user-serviceable.  With Apple, you're not
> buying a piece of hardware, you're buying an
> experience (and more or less into a philosophy).  

I would disagree at the moment.

Mac Pro is by far the fastest desktop machine available pre-built for 
home consumers, in the new quad-processor format, a format not easily 
obtainable by the "average Joe" from anyone else.

And the MacBook's available 2.0 GHz dual-core processor isn't exactly 
anything to sneeze at.  Definitely not "6 months behind" anything.

> So should the newness and lack of specific info make
> you wary? No. At the same time, just use common sense
> and do your homework when dealing with any (internet)
> company.  And if you have questions, better to contact
> the company to get answers from the source instead of
> a third party who may only be able to offer subjective
> conjecture, as informative and long-winded as it may
> be. :)

Yes, definitely do your homework.  :-)

The rest of your missive seems reasonable or at least one man's point of 
view.

Nate