Fwd: Would "e" be less expensive than "i", given their frequency?

A Californian friend of mine forwarded me this:

>Forwarded-by: "Joel N. Weber II" <qriahyy@tah.bet>
>Forwarded-by: Tami Friedman <gnzv@tah.bet>
>Forwarded-by: Lenny Foner <sbare@zrqvn.zvg.rqh>
>
>                       sipb nq message at 12:21:35
>                 <grisha>  Etceteric on SCRUBBING-BUBBLES
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>Hi, I am wanting a new computer and I am liking the Macintosh because they
>seem to be pretty easy to use and they come in all those neat colors.
>I've heard a lot about the "imac" and that sounds like a good thing.
>However lately I've been hearing a lot about these things called "emacs"
>which are supposed to be really powerful and supposed to be able to do
>nearly anything.  What I'm wondering is, how much more expensive are emacs
>than imacs, and should I get an imac or an emac?  From what I have been
>hearing it sounds like I would want an emac, but if it's too expensive I
>can probably do without.

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