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Originally Posted by Carniphage
I am not sure if Newsweek is a credible environmentalist organisation.
But then I am not sure if Greenpeace is either.
C.
Newsweek's at least looks fairly in depth. But I probably wouldn't...
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Originally Posted by Carniphage
Let's assume the alternative to an all-in-one is to buy a desktop tower, with a separate monitor and a separate speaker package.
This means three lots of casing. Three individual power supply...
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Originally Posted by Carniphage
Take a look on EBay. People are still buying 8 year old iMacs.
Now try and find an 8 year old Dell. You will not, because the Dell and its Monitor are in a Landfill.
C.
I think we need to...
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Originally Posted by Carniphage
Yes. Some people don't like dealing with lots of fiddly components.
This is probably why they prefer to buy ALL IN ONE COMPUTERS - rather than a bunch of stupid ugly separates.
C.
Right, so...
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Originally Posted by Carniphage
Split it up. Sell it for parts. You'll probably get more than you paid for it.
I just looked on EBay at the cost of iMac G5 replacement parts. Amazing!
Macs hold onto their value like Randy...
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Originally Posted by Carniphage
Why would you toss it - when 4 year old Mac's have such a massive value on EBay?
C.
What if said GPU is broken? How much would Apple charge for a replacement vs. the cost of tossing it out...
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Originally Posted by addabox
But in point of fact those billions of PCs that "could" be upgraded never are. The regular folk I know buy dirt cheap PCs and simply toss them when they start slowing down to unacceptable...
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Originally Posted by tonton
The way Apple does it simply makes more sense. When it's time for me to upgrade my computer, I sure as hell don't want to upgrade SOME of the components, leaving others behind. I don't want to upgrade...
Take a look at the Samsung Omnia 7 review...
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i870...review-522.php
I have to say, this is the first OS I have been truly excited about since iOS, and definitely looks to be the next best thing.
