[Gllug] OT: Digital camera recommendations

[Russell Howe]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 08:33:56AM +0100, Ryland, Peter wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 00:33 +0100, Russell Howe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 12:03:26AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> >
> > > Mm.  Buying a Mac would be such a cheap alternative.
> > 
> > Depends how much you value sanity :)
> 
> A Mac Mini is 450 quid[1].
> 
> Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 is 200[2].
> 
> How on *earth* is buying a Mac going to be any cheaper?!  Photoshop
> seems to be about the same price for both platforms.

Sanity: £50 an hour

At that rate, a mac will pay for itself in less than a day, if all the
zealots are to be believed[1] :)

[1] The last mac I used was an LC475 running System 7.5, so let's just
say I'm hardly up to date in macworld

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