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Weblog:   Mac vs. PC, a small cost comparison experiment
Subject:   mac v pc price
Date:   2004-05-31 05:10:24
From:   davemurphy
There seems otbe an assumption that you want to do video editing etc - I don't - so all those free mac apps becoem irrelevant.


No oen seems to take into accouny anyonr swapping frm a PC to mac, and having to repurchase all their apps again - eg development tools, web dev tools, ms office or equivalent tools, games etc.


Every time I hav considered upgrading (I am planning a new laptop and would LOVE to get a mac - but I canot justify the cost. MACs are not cheap, and I am at a loss to see from my price comparisons how anyone can say so. Add in the cost of conversion (I am ignoring the learning curve in this) and mac still appears very expensive to me.
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  • mac v pc price
    2004-10-04 14:01:20  Billsigo [Reply | View]

    I made the switch last winter and never regreted it. I was so tired of seeing the "Blue Screen of Death" on a fairly regular basis and broke down and bought a iBook. Since then, I also got an iMac (from Ebay for less than $600).


    The cost of apps was not that much (Office X Education pack $129 with 3 licenses, and Adobe Photo Elements-$60). Pretty much everything else I needed was bundled with OS X. I am not a gamer (I own an Xbox for that), so I wasn't out much for games.


    If you are considering switching, you owe it to your self to at least check out a used system from Ebay. My son's school runs OS X 1.3.5 on 333 mhz G-3's. Try running Win XP on a similar x86.
    • mac v pc price
      2004-11-03 06:32:36  LSG_Ltd [Reply | View]

      Actually, my roomate runs Windows XP on a 233 MHZ with 128 ram. He also uses photoshop on it as well. Perhaps you should look at the system requirements for a PC?
      • mac v pc price
        2005-01-13 08:50:06  mode_flux [Reply | View]

        What? I bet it takes an hour to boot up too.
        • mac v pc price
          2005-01-23 10:11:26  computer_man_69er@hotmail.com [Reply | View]

          Actually i have a pc with 64mb and 133mhz proceser and it starts up and runs awsome but i still prefer a mac
  • mac v pc price
    2004-08-23 14:34:01  etyrnal [Reply | View]

    "development tools, web dev tools, ms office or equivalent tools, games etc"

    comes with some of the BEST development tools in existence... in other words FREE and BEST

    web dev? there are free tools that will run in X11

    Office? what do you need to do in office that you think you can't with the Apple? it has Mail, iCal, Address Book, Keynote, Text Edit (Rich Text text editor), you can fax from any program now...

    and i imagine there is a CROSS-GRADE possibility for Office ... and the Mac version of Office is better anyway.

    i believe you can get Ragtime for free too which is an Office suite that i believe can use MS Office file formats etc...

    games? i personally don't care. But as far as Graphics goes... I'll take a Mac anyday and keep that PC away...

    oh and go ahead and buy that Cheap pc laptop and you'll get just that - cheap.

    th cheapest apple lap top is rockin! i'd take one... I have a Powerbook and i think Apple's 'bottom of the line' iBook is better than MOST PC laptops...



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