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Comment Re:Die Microsoft, Die!!! (Score 1) 231

Assuming you have a reasonable monitor and USB keyboard/mouse kicking around, you can get an entry-level Mac mini for $500. The slashdotters will whine about 5400 RPM drive this, and "only" Dual-Core that; but as an Entry-Level computer, it is plenty powerful enough.

No argument there, but an entry level PC with no peripherals is $400 (or less) - sounds like a hefty

"Apple Tax"

Wait, what?

monitor, leopard and mouse ... both

I see, you can't calculate that $500 is more than $400 because you can't count past 2. Got it.

And if you want to pop for more memory ... the cost would be a relatively paltry $200 more, and that buys you twice the RAM (8GB vs. 4), nearly twice the CPU speed (2.6GHz v. 1.4), and double the HD (1TB vs. 500GB).

(emphasis mine) - Are you freaking serious? Apple still sells a 1.4GHZ processor? I take back what I said before, if you can find a used PC that slow, it'll probably set you back under $200. Equivalent specs to your "upgraded" $700 PC would be about $450.

"Apple Tax" myth

That's some kool-aid.

Comment Re: Recordings, NOT music (Score 0) 66

by Scotsman, True (#49868277) Attached to: A Music-Sharing Network For the Unconnected
Oye, recorded music isn't performance music ... it is missing something. It is simply music. It is the performance that is missing, not the music. I like a good live performance as much as the next guy (maybe more, I spent a *lot* of time in jazz clubs in my youth), but to say a recording of the show isn't music anymore? Preposterous.

Comment Great! (Score 5, Funny) 150

by Scotsman, True (#49823061) Attached to: Enter the Polls! Now On the Front Page
I think this is great, but I think we need to see some advertisements mixed in with the stories as well - not slashvertisements that trick some of us into thinking they are stories, but blatant flash advertisements with video and sound - especially if they include a stupid trick to save me money or lose weight without exercise.

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