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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=962041815-22102008><FONT face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff>Jeffrey:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=962041815-22102008><FONT face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff>I very much respect your opinions, but believe you're allowing
your personal opinion to cross the line too far and serve as blanket
generalization about all Windows systems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=962041815-22102008><FONT face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff>We maintain a mixed house at RZIM. Both platforms are high
quality and both allow a high level of productivity from our users.
Maintenance-wise, our Windows systems (Dell servers/laptops/desktops) have been
very reliable. I've been with RZIM for 6+ years now and can count on one
hand the number of hardware-related issues we've experienced; I can count on the
other hand the same thing with our Apple systems. Software-wise, very
similar in each case.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=962041815-22102008><FONT face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff>Point being, with either platform, if you take time to know and
understood what you're working with, identify the tools at your disposal to help
you do so effectively and efficiently, and apply the KISS theory to all
things as much as possible, it all just works.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=962041815-22102008><FONT face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff>I like both platforms and see where each platform serves specific
purposes very well; the continued Mac/PC banter is nonsense.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Jeffrey Thompson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:40
AM<BR><B>To:</B> IT Discussion Forum<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [itdiscuss] Apple
Reports Fourth Quarter Results<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>The point is that Apple as a company is doing well even in this
difficult economy. Apple systems are fast, high performance, and
reliable, unlike many Windows systems I've had to maintain. The Apple
product (MacBookPro Laptop, MacPro Workstation, iMac Home System, and iPhone
Mobile Platform) are superior to Windows in almost every way, and should be
seriously considered at your next purchase opportunity. Apple
especially excels in the creative media area: web, audio, video,
photography, print, and graphic art.
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<DIV>Macs cost more, but they are worth the investment in your organization
since they are higher quality systems, and yield higher levels of
productivity.
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<DIV>On Oct 22, 2008, at 8:35 AM, Don Greb wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<BR>Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:09 PM<BR>To: IT Discussion
Forum<BR>Subject: [itdiscuss] Apple Reports Fourth Quarter
Results<BR><BR>Apple shipped 2,611,000 Macintosh® computers during the
quarter, <BR>representing 21 percent unit growth and 17 percent
revenue growth over <BR>the year-ago quarter. The Company sold
11,052,000 iPods during the <BR>quarter, representing eight percent
unit growth and three percent <BR>revenue growth over the year-ago
quarter. Quarterly iPhone units sold <BR>were 6,892,000 compared to
1,119,000 in the year-ago-quarter.<BR><BR>“Apple just reported one of the
best quarters in its history, with a <BR>spectacular performance by
the iPhone—we sold more phones than RIM,” <BR>said Steve Jobs, Apple’s
CEO. “We don’t yet know how this economic <BR>downturn will affect
Apple. But we’re armed with the strongest product <BR>line in our
history, the most talented employees and the best <BR>customers in our
industry. And $25 billion of cash safely in the bank <BR>with zero
debt.”<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>it
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