I’ve never owned an Apple device, save an Nano, which is eh, OK.
I buy PC’s like candy bars. They are disposable tools.
Apple buyers remind me of the trade carpenter that shows up with only German power tools that he is too afraid to use, get wet, lend out. He’s usually the guy that has to take twenty minutes to rip a sheet of plywood.
I do far more with my MacBook than I ever did with any of my PC's.
I even convinced my sister, who has her own consulting business, to switch from Windows to a MacBook Pro. And she couldn't be happier.
People like Macs because they believe that a computer is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
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???? In big organizations, the differential, is staggering... sometimes as much as a thousand dollars per year per machine LESS for the Macs... and that's including the initial purchase price.
Most of you remind me of the people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Quite frankly, I value my time much higher... and it is too valuable to spend futzing around with the things Windows requires just to keep it running reasonably well. And I speak as a person who makes his living keeping Windows machines running reasonably well.
Everyone customer of mine that I persuade to switch to a Mac ceases to pay me as much money as they did when they were a Windows user. They simply no longer have the problems any more once they have a Mac. That is a fact. And everyone of them has said "Why didn't I listen and switch sooner." The other thing they say, spontaneously, is "I will NEVER go back!" and, after a short learning curve, "I am having fun with my computer again!" or "I never realized a computer could be so easy!"
However, THEY do recommend me to the PC using friends as an honest person who will fix their PCs when they get infected with problems... and I will tell those friends also to get a Mac the next time and these problems will go away... just ask the guy who recommended me...
Some of these were Dyed-in-the-Wool anti-Mac people from way back... who had been told some of the same canards you see on these threads.
Eat one...
Apple buyers usually buy the trade carpenter. He's like the PC guy that has to buy more computers as the old ones fill up with trojans and viruses!!@!
Have you driven a Ford lately? They sync with iPod, not zuneeeeeeee...
Excellent analogy!
Then why are so may UNIX geeks and programmers using Apple notebooks? These are power users who spend a lot of time at the command line typing in commands because that is their background as UNIX geeks and programmers. And so many of the programmers are using the traditional UNIX editors like vi and emacs. And these people get a lot of powerful things done. And they are not afraid of using the power that the command gives them.
And you actually, unintentionally, brought up something you might like to ignore -
I have noticed that most people I know, casual computer users or so-called “power-users” tend to replace their machines about 2 times for every one time I do. I have friends who just have to update to a new PC for whatever reason... While I tend to keep a machine at least twice as long - with no loss of functionality as compared to those upgrading more regularly.
So - if that friend buys two $500 PC’s in the time I buy one $1000 PC - has he saved that much cash?
Or as is more the case with many I know - $799 laptop every other year, while I still have my $999 iBook working fine after 4 years...