Comments on: Adiós a las Computadoras Dell http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Red Sweater Blog – When I Joined Apple http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-228415 Red Sweater Blog – When I Joined Apple Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:34:09 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-228415 [...] 2005, I wrote boldly about the end of Dell, and I have to confess I was a little over-ambitious. I could see a path where Apple would take [...] [...] 2005, I wrote boldly about the end of Dell, and I have to confess I was a little over-ambitious. I could see a path where Apple would take [...]

]]> By: Colton Booth http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-26611 Colton Booth Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:42:15 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-26611 Jaja. Mouy Bein! Jaja. Mouy Bein!

]]> By: Red Sweater Links » Blog Archive » Dell Drops MP3 Players http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-13746 Red Sweater Links » Blog Archive » Dell Drops MP3 Players Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:17:48 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-13746 [...] I interpret this (along with the exploding batteries) as a sign that the prophecy is coming true. Adiós, Dell! [...] [...] I interpret this (along with the exploding batteries) as a sign that the prophecy is coming true. Adiós, Dell! [...]

]]> By: paul Dupuis http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-3187 paul Dupuis Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:13:16 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-3187 Apple is a super buy. I have a Mac Mini(pre intel) and it is all most persons will need. It has one thing that Dell does not have - nor anyone else. The Mac OS X. It is a REAL operating system - a unix system (like Linux). It is stable and reliable -unlike windows. And the "cost" really. Try to buy a box with a DVD, firewire, and integrated software for photograhy and camcorders for $699. You MUST have a firewire port as well. There are none. Not at least last summer. I could have gone out and paid more for an HP or Sony. Or Dell. To get the same hardware and software. The downside. You cannot play that many games. I don't play that many. That would be the only reason to stay on the Windows platform, for a home user. Apple is a super buy. I have a Mac Mini(pre intel) and it is all most persons will need. It has one thing that Dell does not have – nor anyone else. The Mac OS X. It is a REAL operating system – a unix system (like Linux). It is stable and reliable -unlike windows. And the “cost” really. Try to buy a box with a DVD, firewire, and integrated software for photograhy and camcorders for $699. You MUST have a firewire port as well. There are none. Not at least last summer. I could have gone out and paid more for an HP or Sony. Or Dell. To get the same hardware and software.
The downside. You cannot play that many games. I don’t play that many. That would be the only reason to stay on the Windows platform, for a home user.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-2051 Stuart Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:45:04 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-2051 Can anyone say "MacBook Pro Tablet"? I knew you could. Can anyone say “MacBook Pro Tablet”? I knew you could.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-2050 Stuart Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:34:22 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-2050 Will Dell go bye-bye? Maybe as we know it today, but not totally. Michael Dell didn't get to where he is by being stupid. He will drastically change the company's focus. Maybe he should think twice about expanding so much into India - Boy I would loved to have been a fly on the wall in Dell's (and everyother PC manufacturer's) boardroom this morning. I do believe that the smaller companies like Gateway and Acer will either go bankrupt or get eaten up (by whom I don't know). Other companies like Sony and Toshiba may decide to abandon PCs and stick to other items like TVs and DVD players. I can say this though. I've been mulling over whether or not to buy a Mac and pony up the money for new software, or just stick with the PC. This little nugget of information has pushed me into Mac land. Will Dell go bye-bye? Maybe as we know it today, but not totally. Michael Dell didn’t get to where he is by being stupid. He will drastically change the company’s focus. Maybe he should think twice about expanding so much into India – Boy I would loved to have been a fly on the wall in Dell’s (and everyother PC manufacturer’s) boardroom this morning.

I do believe that the smaller companies like Gateway and Acer will either go bankrupt or get eaten up (by whom I don’t know). Other companies like Sony and Toshiba may decide to abandon PCs and stick to other items like TVs and DVD players.

I can say this though. I’ve been mulling over whether or not to buy a Mac and pony up the money for new software, or just stick with the PC. This little nugget of information has pushed me into Mac land.

]]> By: Red Sweater Links » Blog Archive » Apple’s Boot Camp http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-2042 Red Sweater Links » Blog Archive » Apple’s Boot Camp Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:36:25 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-2042 [...] I would just like to reiterate Rentzsch’s “Holy Crap!” comment. Apple has embraced dual booting Intel Macs to Windows (and apparently, has also embraced the concept of a “Public Beta”). What looks cool about this is not only that it’s official and from Apple, but that it makes it easy to repartition your hard drive with files in place. Perhaps Apple’s is ready to start fulfilling my prophecy. Link. [...] [...] I would just like to reiterate Rentzsch’s “Holy Crap!” comment. Apple has embraced dual booting Intel Macs to Windows (and apparently, has also embraced the concept of a “Public Beta”). What looks cool about this is not only that it’s official and from Apple, but that it makes it easy to repartition your hard drive with files in place. Perhaps Apple’s is ready to start fulfilling my prophecy. Link. [...]

]]> By: edwin http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-425 edwin Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:53:01 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-425 Well lets see what apple has for us en january 9 or 10 when the intel laptops comes out. Well lets see what apple has for us en january 9 or 10 when the intel laptops comes out.

]]> By: Michael Parker http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-406 Michael Parker Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:57:29 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-406 Some of what your saying is just dead wrong. Dell's are cheaper than mac's... they just are. You can buy a complete piece of crap Dell for lik $300 with a monitor, keyboard and mouse. The mac on the other hand is more $, without the keyboard and mouse. This is a selling point for some customers. For Apple to get around this price issue, it would have to change somethings with the mac mini. The small size of the mini comes at a price with more expensive and slower laptop hard drives and more expensive and slower optical drives. Also apple I now includes airport and bluetooth in most of their models. Apple does not attempt to compete with companies like dell, gateway, hp, and a million others. If anything, it will be with companies like upper end pc's like Sony. They don't want to get into a slugfest for $2 profit, but they might for $200+ on the upper end. Also don't forget that Apple said that they would not inhibit Windows running on their hardware, but that is far different from "we will be writing drivers to ensure that our hardware runs on windows and we will be including windows as an OS option." Because they haven't said the above, then you would be looking at spending a premium price on the mac and then buying windows to load on it, when the hardware manufacturer might not even write the drivers. Now that's a waste. What this may mean for mac users like me, is that when I get desperate for a better sellection of video games, that I might be able to dual boot my mac to run windows where I can get some more titles. But I don't think it means that windows or DELL are going away anytime soon. : ( Some of what your saying is just dead wrong. Dell’s are cheaper than mac’s… they just are. You can buy a complete piece of crap Dell for lik $300 with a monitor, keyboard and mouse. The mac on the other hand is more $, without the keyboard and mouse. This is a selling point for some customers. For Apple to get around this price issue, it would have to change somethings with the mac mini. The small size of the mini comes at a price with more expensive and slower laptop hard drives and more expensive and slower optical drives. Also apple I now includes airport and bluetooth in most of their models.

Apple does not attempt to compete with companies like dell, gateway, hp, and a million others. If anything, it will be with companies like upper end pc’s like Sony. They don’t want to get into a slugfest for $2 profit, but they might for $200+ on the upper end.

Also don’t forget that Apple said that they would not inhibit Windows running on their hardware, but that is far different from “we will be writing drivers to ensure that our hardware runs on windows and we will be including windows as an OS option.”

Because they haven’t said the above, then you would be looking at spending a premium price on the mac and then buying windows to load on it, when the hardware manufacturer might not even write the drivers. Now that’s a waste. What this may mean for mac users like me, is that when I get desperate for a better sellection of video games, that I might be able to dual boot my mac to run windows where I can get some more titles. But I don’t think it means that windows or DELL are going away anytime soon. : (

]]> By: Red Sweater Blog » Blog Archive » Apple Strides in on a Banana http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/69/adis-a-las-computadoras-dell/comment-page-1#comment-392 Red Sweater Blog » Blog Archive » Apple Strides in on a Banana Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:04:14 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=69#comment-392 [...] By seeing exactly who has linked to me I not only get a warm fuzzy feeling that people are reading the blog, but I also get enchanted by the knowledge that readers all around the world are tuning in. I especially like foreign language links with native (to them) preambles. Today this one popped up on the Radar, a link to my Dell/Apple analysis from Sweden. A quick trip to Systran, yields a translation including this choice introduction: This is the reason to that Dell, HP and the other has a market. The as wants to have some in addition to a pinch pressed standard pc must skruva together it, with all those problems the means. [...] [...] By seeing exactly who has linked to me I not only get a warm fuzzy feeling that people are reading the blog, but I also get enchanted by the knowledge that readers all around the world are tuning in. I especially like foreign language links with native (to them) preambles. Today this one popped up on the Radar, a link to my Dell/Apple analysis from Sweden. A quick trip to Systran, yields a translation including this choice introduction: This is the reason to that Dell, HP and the other has a market. The as wants to have some in addition to a pinch pressed standard pc must skruva together it, with all those problems the means. [...]

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