[geeks] Fwd: Why I HATE buying New computers

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:01:52PM -0500, Michael Schiller wrote:
> Well, I bought the ilife package, as I do have a DVD burner. While I 
> understand that computers get faster/cheaper as time goes on, I'm 
> sorry, somebody that buys it a month before they upgrade them should at 
> least be able to get the updated software for free, or something.

Problem with that is, whats to stop someone from saying "two months",
"three months before", etc?  I think apple does a "two weeks".

Plus, they *cant* give iDVD 3 away for free as a download - part of
the money for the iLife package pays for the MPEG encoding engine 
in iDVD, that apple pays someone else a license fee for.  

When you buy a new Mac with iDVD included, that $10 (or maybe its $15 
or $20 or $25, I dont know) is "bundled" into the purchase price of the 
new Mac.  

My dual-867 came with iDVD 2, even though I dont have a DVD burner.

Bill

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bill bradford
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