Re: Macintosh or Windows

hank alrich wrote:
Richard Crowley <rcrowley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Soundhaspriority wrote:
I'm a Windows user, but there are very legitmate reasons to run a
Mac. The whole theory of Mac ownership is to pay more for a superior
product, and avoid a lot of compatibility problems that frequently
crop up with Windows. If you have a lot of cash, the Mac makes a lot
of sense.
The "Mac Tax" extends well beyond the initial purchase price. You keep
paying for it over the entire life of the computer.

Please explain.

I am running a machine I bought in November of 2002. I have replaced the
HD and upgraded from a regular optical drive to one that burns DVD's.
Other than that I can't find any "taxes" paid on this machine.

"Mac tax" is a crude and scansion way of saying "costs more". YMMV. I'd
still be using a Compaq we bought in 1999, but the CD burner went out
a couple years ago, and Mrs. Les refused to allow me to fix it - wanted
a new one.

We have
several even older Macs here that run just fine, thanks, and those also
somehow escaped your alleged "tax".

I find your zealotry amusing, Richard. WTF causes you to have such a
stupid agenda?


Dunno from "zealotry" - software, peripherals, service all cost
more on a Mac. Doze Box I'm typing on now was on the order of $300
plus the cost of a handful of software packages, most of which
were bought some time ago.

We were looking for notebooks and netbooks for the youngest child
recently, and boy, those Mac laptops are something they're
pretty proud of. Roughly 4:1 or 3:1 in price. We found her a
netbook for less even than a cheap Doze laptop, and she's
very happy - she's running all over the state, and the form
factor came first. She has down time in geographically diverse
places, and uses that to enter experimental data for her "employers"
at school.

On a Total Cost of Ownership basis, not a consumerist basis,
I'm sure the distinctions vanish somewhat. Depreciation
doth make paupers of us all...

--
Les Cargill
.

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