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[quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak: i think its supposed to allow u to add email-only accts to a full subscription acct. (full=$100, email-only=10, i think) Ha! For $99/year, you'd think that at least Apple would allow you to have a few mo…
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[quote]Originally posted by Donny: I am not buying .Mac. I have already begun switching my e-mail address to us my Comcast account. I can host sites off my computer or on Comcast. Why pay? I can back up my own files, thank-you. It is not a…
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[quote]Originally posted by patmcfar8: Good points Jon and Telomar. Popmetel - It is too bad that Apple no longer offers free e-mail. It is too bad that Apple didn't handle the switch from iTools to .mac a little better. You say in this economy …
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I'm 20, I have 2 credit cards, I can afford to pay for .Mac, I am not saying that it should be free, but I don't feel that the price is justified- especially in this economy. I don't like the price so I most likely will not subscribe to it (though I…
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If the plan was to be family friendly, it shouldn't charge extra for the additional email addresses. And even if it does, they shouldn't be "email-only," they should also work with iChat and allow you take advantage of iCal integration and whatever …
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[quote]Originally posted by sleepy monkie: i don't think i will purchase a .mac account. i think it's a fair idea... i guess. it's just that as a student i can't afford this "luxury". sure, i used idisk and email, but i just can't justify spending …
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[quote]Originally posted by Jon Rubinstein: Free email isn't going to woo PC users to the Mac platform any more than a subscription-based .Mac is going to use Mac users away from their platform. And don't say, "well, they should at LEAST keep t…
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Furthermore, Apple can increase their profits if they offer a scaled down version of .Mac for less money. Many people seem to not need anti-virus and are happy with less iDisk space. A lower priced .mac lite version would probably attract more custo…
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[quote]Originally posted by salmonstk: And if no one signs up Apple wins. they save the cost of providing the free service. its a win win for them. Well, on the surface it looks that way, but is it really so when you look at the big pictur…
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[quote]Originally posted by salmonstk: I disagree. We matter shit. Most of us would but almost anything Apple sells given it is a quality product in the Apple tradition. So why try to please us? It doesn't seem that way with .Mac. It is a…
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[quote]Originally posted by salmonstk: I think we misjudge what a PR disaster this will be. Outside the Mac community wwho will be surprised that they charge for a service? It's the Mac community that affects Apple the most. And if PC u…
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[quote]Originally posted by alexius: Promises aside, I finally got all of my e-mail problems worked out, and decided to settle on a mac.com address. I told hundreds of people I talk regularly with, and I thought I could keep mac.com without wor…
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[quote]Originally posted by salmonstk: Say I believe the email for life quote. So what they changed their mind. Bush sn said no new taxes. He changed his mind raised taxes and helped for a time bring down the deficit and with the Clinton tax…
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I've never heard of a bar advertising free beer "for life" though. Poor analogy.
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NOT me. Maybe if they were more reasonable about the price or had a student discount or had tiered pricing.
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[quote]Originally posted by janitor: Can you explain this? Do you mean a family of four with four different computers? Why couldn't the current iteration of .Mac handle a family of four on one computer? It wouldn't handle a family of 4 on on…
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[quote]Originally posted by Jon Rubinstein: You really don't know where .Mac is going, do you? .Mac is going to be the service foundation under Jaguar and even future iterations of Mac OS X If that's so, then it will only be fair that .Ma…
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good post mrmister
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[quote]Originally posted by liquidh2o: The way i justified my purchase was actually from both a health and an economic standpoint I know i eat fast food at times even when i have the option of staying in and eating a meal that's already pai…
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liquidh2o, I think that your argument was irrelevant since most people are not mad because Apple is charging. They are mad because of how much they are charging and they are mad because Apple is not being flexible. It's great that .mac suits your bu…