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Old September 15th, 2006, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by nixgeek View Post
But you have to also remember the intended market for Apple. They're not going to make a possible configuration for a small margin of users that are geeky enough to want a machine without a hard drive or other component that would otherwise be necessary for the normal user. The same goes with Dell and other Tier-1 PC manufacturers. It doesn't make monetary sense for them. The Intel switch did make sense especially since Intel could yield mass amounts of chips for Apple as opposed to someone without the money that Intel has, such as IBM or Motorola, for chip production. Also, they were able to do what neither IBM or Motorola couldn't, and that was produce faster-performing CPUs for Apple that would also run cool and could compete with the PC counterparts.
True... but I don't see why they can't just let you choose to get a Mac Pro with no hard drive only if you want so. The normal user could just go with default or iMac... and also, isn't the Mac Pro designed for "high-end" customers?
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