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My bad, Macs really are cheaper than PCs

Dec. 2, 2007 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

We were out getting a Christmas tree this evening and I spied the following sign at the local market:

 

I retract everything I've ever said about Macs being expensive. :)

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RunTimeError
on Dec 2, 2007
Lame Paul, LAME. So what is a Windows PC? A tangerine or a bananna?
Waethorn
on Dec 2, 2007
"GO BANANA!"
Waethorn
on Dec 2, 2007
er....the headline should read: "Apple Thinks Different Again. Instead of thin and light, Mac's put on more weight"
Dipsh t Admin
on Dec 3, 2007
Pure flamebait, but certainly meant as a joke.
mcc288
on Dec 3, 2007
Is it me, or is putting up Christmas trees getting earlier each year? My wife wants to put ours up this weekend, and I said wasn't it the 12 days of Christmas. I just got accused of being a grumpy old man! Cheers, Dave.
shark47
on Dec 3, 2007
I hope someone explains the joke to RTE.
Mum
on Dec 3, 2007
I see no joke here. Yeah, Macs were named after a brand of apples. Ok, Paul sees the said brand of apples on sale. Yeah, Apples are cheaper than computers. That alone doesn't make it funny. There's an element of humor missing here.

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