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Originally Posted by mitchbr47
Your prices pretty accurate for the Macs. I can get slightly better prices with a small business discount. You get what you pay for. Of course, these are entry level prices. A bit more memory is recommended. No one in this forum ever mentions that Intel based macs sold the last 3 or so years can also run Windows XP, Vista, or the current beta-Windows 7.
Those recent Microsoft TV commercials about pricing are misleading. The one that sticks out is the videographer. All video screens are not the same quality. She never mentions what she edits the video with. Is there another investment of $800 to get professional software such as Adobe Premiere to edit the video? Reality check- she is an actress doing a commercial. Just like I'm a Mac 'm a PC.
Lots of people look at just the price tag. The big factor is the long term cost of ownership. One must not only consider the hardware, but virus software and repair costs. My January 2003 17 inch Powerbook was an investment of over $2700. That is a lot of $$$. It has paid for itself over the years. Granted, most people in TV are in that situation. That comes out to less than $500 over 6+ years. With a logic board and dead pixel issue, a free replacement was shipped with no hassle I'll take that any day. Tech support is great. Do you really want to talk to Mike, an outsourced technician in Asia about your PC?
If you are happy with your experience with Windows keep using it. One of my children runs Windows 7 beta on his Mac and it runs pretty smoothly. He only uses it occasionally for work.If you are getting fed up with constant problems, lack of things working cohesively such as drivers for printers, confused about which or 5 or 6 flavors of Vista you should buy and all of the virus and spyware issues take another look.
Isn't it great to have buying choices and competition?
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Good post. I agree.....I'm not out to change he world, and I too am glad we have choices. For me, I just got tired of putting up with "blue screens of death", having my computer telling me I preformed an "illegal action and must be shut down".......(like what the heck does THAT mean), etc, etc.
I like my Mac. It just works. Every day. Without flaw. Without viruses.
I like Applecare. I like talking to a real person (an American) anytime I want to for free.
Apple just came out with a new program called One on One. It costs only $99. and it gives you personal one hour lessons with an Apple Genius, one a week for a year at any apple store. That is 60 minutes with a Mac tutor every week for less than $2.00 a week. They will help you learn any program, project, anything you want to do on your Mac. You want to learn powerpoint, no problem. you want to learn how to do ebay, no problem. You want to learn how to make movies, set up a webpage, download pictures, do a spreadsheet...no problem.
Last time I checked Dell or Bill Gates was not offering that.
Oh yes, I almost forgot, you can run windows on an intel mac.....I just wouldn't want to myself.
Macs aren't for everyone. That's ok.....as long as I can have one. As Mitch wisely said......it's good we have choices and competition.
BTW, I'm thinking of upgrading my 12" powerbook for a new 13" MacbookPro. Free ipod touch, $100 off a printer, educational discount, the next OS coming out in Sept for only $9.95......but I'll miss my little 12" powerbook......
Frank D.