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Cost involves more than just the price

Macheads are macheads because they have a tendency to value
their time more.

I must admit that the amount of maintenance, waiting for
Outlook synchronizations, the slowdowns of adware/spyware/
etc take productive time away from me. Billed at a little over
$100, those delays that are entirely Windows-related are costly
not just to me but to my client, because they have to pay for my
time.

Only once on 4 Macs with OSX have I ever had to reinstall the
system. I haven't crashed OS X.4 on any machines, I probably
had 2 or 3 with OS X.3 and a few more with previous versions.

All I have to do is look at Windows XP and it crashes on me (OK
that's an exageration, but you get my point).

I also don't believe that PC's are cheaper for equivalent usages.
All Macs are enterprise ready, all of them. Not all PC's are and
Microsoft is going to create a 4th level of premium Vista.

OSX is $129. XP Pro (equivalent) i show much?

Finally, very few of you will be able to put Vista on your existing
machines. I was able to use OS 2, 3 and 4, all very different OS's
on the same machines.

I have a TiBook from Aug 2001 still in daily use. Very few PC
owners can make that claim.

So, I 'm not sure "price" is the only way to measure "cost".
Measure your maintenance time, as well, and put a value to it.
You will see very quickly that your time adds up.

Posted by: mlindl   Posted on: 05/20/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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