“Are you aware that in almost every comparison of the Total Cost of Ownership between PCs and Macs, that the Macs turn out to be less expensive to own?”
Sure the ones put out by apple.
Applers reminds me of Mercedes owners, when the world is run on Fords, Kia’s, and VW’s.
A tool is a tool. The thought of one’s ‘happiness’ being connected to an inanimate object?
I won’t even go there philosophically.
What is it with you guys? On these threads you sound like jealous preteens.
I enjoy these threads because as a Mac user I usually learn something. As one who has sold complicated software and systems (hardware/software) I have used PCs with both DOS and Windows and have dealt with VAXs and IBM mainframes.
On these threads I see PC users call Mac users gay, Kool Ade drinkers, Lefties, etc., while all the Mac users say is "Buy a Mac, you'll like it and they cost less to own than PCs."
MicroSoft gained its market share on the coattails of IBM rather than through some superiority of its software. Just as Xerox foolishly decided to abandon the office automation business and concentrate on copiers, so did IBM foolishly decide to concentrate on hardware and abandon software for the PCs. All underestimated the future of PCs. At that time Tandy/Radio Shack, Exxon, AT&T, Texas Instruments and several others were making and selling PCs. Nearly all abandoned the market.
Apple, IBM, and many IBM clones remained and most of the clones went to the cheaper generic DOS to run their hardware. To compete, cost was a big consideration for them as they had to keep prices low in order to have some appeal. They sold lots of boxes and as a result DOS, and later Windows, was the market leader by a long shot.
So, MicroSoft is not where it is because of superior products. Most of the talk about MicroSoft is how the next iteration is going to fix the problems with the last one. PC fans, most of whom are Mac haters, seem to revel in their ability to deal with those problems while denigrating those of us who would rather not deal with them.
Of course, there is much more to this and I may not be technically correct about some of the history but that is the Readers Digest version of what I see here. I also don't see any Mac users whose happiness in wrapped up in their computer. That is just projection on your part, Leisler. I hate to contemplate the psychological implications of that.
“I also don’t see any Mac users whose happiness in wrapped up in their computer.”
Actaully several have posted on this thread that their computer makes them happy. I agree though, a computer is a tool. I’d much rather be fishing, hiking or diving.
It's on every thread, is repetitious, amd childish, but it's something that seems to be a fixture of these threads.