This may be one of the signs of the impending apocalypse: I just got an actual genuine piece of news from the British Mac podcast. Now, I’ve really enjoyed British Mac ever since I found it on iTunes a couple of weeks ago. Will Green is a top bloke, even if most of the time it doesn’t seem like he really knows what he’s talking about (or has ever heard of one of these “Mac” thingies). If John Shuttleworth did a tech podcast, this is what it would sound like. I’m even willing to overlook the use of the .com while britishmac.co.uk is still free (something which normally makes me come over all Al Murray).
Anyway, the news was that we Europeans get to choose to have our new octo-mac pre-installed with OS X Server and a 10 client licence for free, while the Americans have to pay $499. It almost sounds like a good deal, if you ignore the fact that the same configuration MacPro (dual-quad-Xeons, 4Gb, a single 750Gb drive, basic GeForce 7300 GT and all the standard trimmings) costs £3297 over here but only $4995 over there. That’s around £2775. VAT brings the prices closer, but there’s still a difference there.
Now, I’m going back to Googling for all combinations of “big blue pather/tiger/leopard” songs.
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