Coursey's take on .Mac

**edX** · July 20th, 2002, 04:56 AM

click here to read how David Coursey interprets the new price tag on .mac services. if he is right, i'm more than willing to pay the $100 a year. and the price for jaguar.

i won't eat as well, but hey...

**homer** · July 20th, 2002, 10:32 AM

Is that because of Coursey's interpretation of this strategy heralding an end to Apple's reliance on MicroSloth for Office? Or something else?

**voice-** · July 20th, 2002, 11:05 AM

I'll pay for Jaguar, but not for .mac, I'll rather then switch to HotPOP

**edX** · July 20th, 2002, 02:27 PM

yes homer. getting out of such a close relationship with m$ is reason enough for me!!

**Sogni** · July 20th, 2002, 07:02 PM

Getting rid of:
- my.yahoo.com account (was about to pay for the advanced features)
- PDA (dead)

Refused to use:
- M$ Entourage

Getting:
- .Mac Account
- Jaguar
- iPod (10 Gb)

Total: $577.99 (plus tax and shipping if applicable)

That will make me one heck of a lot happier Mac Geek! Every penny of that seems like a penny well spent to me!

And not to mention I'll be buying a "book" (i or Power) sometime in the future.

I shudder to think of even spending $150 to buy Windows XP for my PC... Not to mention it needs a new MoBo and RAM... Blah!

**fryke** · July 20th, 2002, 08:50 PM

Well, subscribing to .mac doesn't directly help Apple getting rid of those Microsoft deals. I haven't read the column, but if there *is* a connection, it's very indirect. I'll buy AppleWorks 7 if that will help Apple to find a way to make Office v. X obsolete, I'll use OpenOffice.org, if that ever becomes a viable solution and I'll keep on surfing with OmniWeb and/or Mozilla, depending on their respective developments.

**pathofthorns19** · July 20th, 2002, 10:03 PM

You know, we get all of this stuff free right now. Why would you want to pay for something you get free?! And $100 at that! I know I enjoy the mac.com email address I have, as opposed to M$ Hotmail, which gives you only enough space to say hello to your grandma, and I can easily do everything I want to do with the 5mb I have right now from Mac. Really though, you guys who are willing to pay $99 for email, will you REALLY use all of that email space? Do you really need it?? If you do, then you might want to consider stepping away from the computer for a sec and play some frisbee or something outside. I love my Mac, and I'm as loyal as they come, but I think the money we pay for our Mac equipment is expensive enough without having to pay for email, as a matter of fact I think it qualifies us for at the least free email. As for the whole Apple-trying-to-rid-itself-of-Microsoft thing, I think that Apple knows that dealing with your competitors and not allowing yourself to become FULLY independent is a good thing. I use both AppleWorks and, yes, Office X.
Oh, and I am buying OS X 10.2 to upgrade, but, if you're a college student, check out the educational price of $69, not a whopping $129, which is ridiculous.
733 PowerMac G4, 640MB RAM , Mac OS X 10.5, and a bunch of other really cool sh*t.

**Koelling** · July 21st, 2002, 01:01 AM

It's well worth it if you need it. Like they say on their web site, the total package would add up to $250 or something but for just 99$ you get everything you could possibly need. Problem being that nobody needs everything they could possibly need.

$99 is too much for just an email but it's a steal for virus software and hoards of web space. Apple simply changed the demographic which is why everyone is up in arms. They almost put something as simple as an email address and home website into the business range. Why would a business need a .mac address anyway? Why would a home user pay $99 per month? .mac == iTools pro. but but even MS knows that you sell a pro version and a home version 'cause it sells better that way.

Just my brace of coins worth less than all others.