On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:47 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:34 PM, CheekyGeek <cheekyg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I suspect that at this point about the only thing that seperates a Mac >>>> from a PC from a customer's POV is that the PC will set you back a lot >>>> less money to get a machine that will perform in a similar manner. >>> >>> As a user and supporter of both operating systems, I can assure you >>> that your suspicions are correct only if you similarly equate the >>> driving and purchasing experience of a Yugo with a Mini Cooper. >>> : ) >>> >>> Darren Addy >>> Kearney, NE >> >> More like the ownership experience of a Kia vs a Mini Cooper. One's >> pretty and popular, the other's cheaper, faster, more reliable but not >> so well layed out. >> > More reliable? That flies in the face of evidence and experience. Cheaper, > yse. Faster, sometimes.
My experience is otherwise. Mac's are good machines, but not best-in-class for reliability, middle of the pack is more like it. Apple's reliability rep died with the PowerMac 4400. They only have a reliability advantage over cheap white box or really low-end hardware. Faster? yeah, PC's are pretty much always at a given spend level with the sole exception of the Mac Pro which is competitive against the other workstation-class machines in its price category. Apple is completely lacking in anything resembling competitive performance per dollar on the desktop for less than the base-model Mac Pro, they do better on the Laptop side, but you still pay a premium for their machines which is not reflected in the performance. When I bought my latest laptop, I got a machine from HP almost identical in spec the mid-range 15" MacBook Pro aside from clockspeed (the clockspeed was noticably lower, 2.13GHz vs 2.53 which was current, but I saved $1000 and got otherwise high-end specs), but it came in at less than the base model MacBook in cost, and I got features which the Macs lack (like a dedicated docking station) This is pretty typical of the midrange market for Laptops. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
