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.
“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.
My first computer was a Franklin running cpm. I’ve never once had a ‘problem’ that wasn’t explained in a owners manual.
Now, who do you hand hold? Ever hear of confirmation bias? Seriously now in this day and age.....well, you might have a point in that I know plenty of people that can’t jack a car and put a tire on, hang a door, read a compass, break down and clean a .45, make a martini, clear a paper jam, use a volt meter, bake a loaf of nice crispy crust white bread....
“Most of you remind me of the people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
That you value and obsess over a computer company to the degree you do disqualifies you a priori from making such a ridiculous charge.
Computer consultant, heal thyself!