If you’re on the fence, though, and like Mac OS X and Windows Vista equally (i.e., if you are marginal and almost non-existent segment of the population), then I would say if you have basic needs (email, web browser, word processor, photos, music) and have only a little money, go for a cheap Windows PC (or even a Linux PC). As I said before, most Mac fans will pay the difference anyway and think it’s worth it, and most anti-Mac fans will refuse to pay the difference. What does this mean? Usually, not a whole lot. Right now I just want everyone to agree-Macs are usually more expensive than Windows PCs with similar hardware specifications.
That is something each computer user must decide for herself. I don’t want to get into questions of whether the price difference is “worth it” or not. You also get the anti-Mac fanatic proclaiming that Mac is overpriced garbage and Apple is ripping off its customers. Once you present a Mac fanatic with actual dollar amounts, you get the backpeddling about the difference in money being worth it and about Mac OS X coming with iLife and Windows having nothing like Garageband. What I have stated above I have observed by comparing many Windows systems to Mac systems over the years. As you get into more high-end hardware (the most suped-up Macbook Pro, the most suped-up Mac Pro), you’re far more likely to get a better deal with the Mac than the Windows PC. If you compare spec-for-spec on low- to middle-end hardware, the Windows PCs will be cheaper for sure. The entry level for purchasing a Mac is very high compared to purchasing a Windows PC. Here is what I consider to be the God’s-honest-truth as the good and bad of Macs, and this is from someone who uses Mac OS X and Linux at home, and who uses Windows at work. Why can’t it be somewhere in between? Why can’t we acknowledge that Macs have some good points and some bad points? As I have mentioned before on my blog, Macs are computers. I regularly participate in a Linux forum (the Ubuntu Forums, specifically), and it seems to be the same deal there-some users making it sound as if Mac OS X is the be-all and end-all of computing experiences, and some making it sound as if Macs are just the biggest ripoff that Apple can get away with.Īre non-Apple users just ignorant people waiting to be (or too poor to be) enlightened? Are Mac owners unthinking sheep who just do whatever Steve Jobs says?
I know a lot of Mac fanatics and anti-Mac fanatics. I don’t know why it’s so difficult to find honest, unbiased views on Mac OS X and Apple computers.
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