your underdeveloped knowledge of that song's title is quite underwhelming.

And that's great for people in a hub city like Portland, but from to go from Boise to LAX, amtrak would send you Portland on a bus just to hook up to a train there.

not the most convenient process.

I though Mark Twain said that...

I don't know

Please feel free to reread my post. I did not say that Apple is catering to the lowest common denominator, I said that Apple has chosen non-upgradeable computers as their lowest common denominator.

I also don't know where you get the idea that Apple is selling a $2200 laptop as the best fit for most consumers. Apple's best sellers from my perspective (retail Apple salesperson in 1/2 million strong metropolitan area) are the $999/$1299 MacBook. The 1st two MacBook options easily outsell the more expensive models 5 to 1.

Could Apple sell more computers if they offered a wider variety of options? Absolutely. But one of the great things from our store's perspective about the limited options available is the fact that we can keep every combination of processor and video card in stock and change the RAM and HHD to the customer's specifications. It allows us to send >90% of our purchasing customers out the door with their computer in hand.

Because Apple stopped catering to people who upgrade their computers a long time ago. The vast majority of consumers never upgrade a single component in their computer, and that's the lowest common denominator that Apple is appealing to. This means they can save cost and increase margin in a very competitive market.

I'm sure I'll come across as a Mac apologist, but it's the god's honest truth. I would love a mid/low powered expandable desktop, but it isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Gravy

try slashdot; they run some interesting stories, including the one you're referring to:

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/21/1751210

normally I'd give a troll like you a 0/10, but you actually got modded informative, so 1/10 it is.

"a seed" is the peer in a swarm with a complete copy of the file being offered.

"the seed" is the peer with the initial complete copy, or, later in the torrent's life, the only complete copy.

With a little bit of google work, you might have learned that you can find the 8 GB model at a few stores for about $70 less.

First one I'd recommend is this one:
http://store.apple.com/

and just wednesday, Spinal Tap went and announced another tour :D

http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/05/1517213

Are you familiar with the term "bar time"? A restaurant/bar setting their clocks ahead 5-20 minutes is really not a very uncommon occurrence.

This was honestly the point of my post. I spend an above average amount of time in Excel and Numbers. I am more than willing to admit that the average user probably does not spend enough time using the numeric keypad to make it a mandatory feature, but at the same time I'm hesitant to agree that the standard keyboard should be sans-keypad.

The reason why I am hesitant is from my own personal observations at the local Apple Reseller I've worked part-time for over the last 4 years. When the Apple bluetooth keyboard dropped the keypad, there was a sizable number of people who declined the wireless upgrade due to the lack of a number pad. Our store has mitigated that by stocking up on the previous generation of apple bluetooth keyboards (in the white crumb catcher style), and those sell about 3:2 over the new keyboard to this day.

I'm probably a little hypocritical here since my argument against a mid-range upgradeable tower Mac is the same as yours against a keyboard with a number pad; not enough people would use it to make it worthwhile. Apple has been pretty good about these decisions in the past (i.e. floppy drives in 98), and they're probably right about this too.

I didn't notice this till now... where's the damn 10-key? No one is going to use Excel or Numbers on the new iMacs?

it's moving up the list :D

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