Why most people should buy a Mac
08/06/07 20:24 |
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There''s
good reading in a recent article here by Danny Gorag,
Danny is a Melbournian who has been opining on Macs
some time for Australia's top selling newspaper, the
Herald Sun, and now writes for APCmag, a magazine for
PC enthuasiasts in Australia, he makes lots of good
points but my favorite section is quoted below:
"If you're still working on an assumption from a few years ago that Macs are too expensive and a PC is far better value, do yourself a favour and do a feature-by-feature analysis comparing a Macbook to the latest from HP, Toshiba or Dell (they'll be the ones in the Harris Technology catalogue with memorable names like GXA-5456a). I guarantee that you'll find in an even-featured match that the Mac stacks up well.
If it is still a little more expensive, don't forget to factor in your time to help your friend remove all the trialware that comes preinstalled as standard, and the extra cost for your friend to keep their anti-malware subscription up-to-date. Also toss in 3-4 hours of $100 per hour on-site tech-support for the year, for the few weeks you go on holidays to Queensland and your friend desperately needs help. Just in case."
"If you're still working on an assumption from a few years ago that Macs are too expensive and a PC is far better value, do yourself a favour and do a feature-by-feature analysis comparing a Macbook to the latest from HP, Toshiba or Dell (they'll be the ones in the Harris Technology catalogue with memorable names like GXA-5456a). I guarantee that you'll find in an even-featured match that the Mac stacks up well.
If it is still a little more expensive, don't forget to factor in your time to help your friend remove all the trialware that comes preinstalled as standard, and the extra cost for your friend to keep their anti-malware subscription up-to-date. Also toss in 3-4 hours of $100 per hour on-site tech-support for the year, for the few weeks you go on holidays to Queensland and your friend desperately needs help. Just in case."