My sister dropped her computer the other day and it will require a new power cord. It is an older machine and she has wanted a new one for some time so this might be the excuse she needs to buy a new one. No sense in chasing good money after bad! Anyway, the reason I bring it up is because in talking with her about her new machine I told her that the new Macs are now on par (price wise) with comparable PC's. It used to be that PC's were cheaper than Macs and that was one of the main reasons that people switched. At the time Apple tried to convince people that the cheap PC's were using slower processors and components. This was a tough sell, however, because it was very hard to compare the machines.
Yesterday, I went online and built a Dell machine with the exact same components as the MacBook. I found that the Apple was about $50 cheaper after tax. This leads me to my question. It sure seems to me that the best option would be to buy a Mac if you want to run Windows! The up front cost is cheaper and the resale is better. Of course, you would also get to try out Mac OSX which I think is a better choice anyway!
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Exactly. You get the best of both worlds (great hardware, a great OS, and the ability to run that other OS if you need to).
You can't go wrong with a Mac.
However, most people still need to pay for a copy of Windows, which pretty much eats up that $50 savings.
I don't get it.
You should be able to buy a new power cord for $10.00 or less. I'm surprised that you don't have at least 3 old ones in a closet somewhere.
You are scraping the bottom of the barrel for Mac buying excuses.
Plus, Consumer Reports says Apple tech support is better than those strictly Wintel companies.
Some people say that you're paying extra money for nothing but an Apple logo and Steve's mock turtlenecks, but there's more to it than that.
http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/consumer_reports_again_ranks_apple_best_in_support/
But who wants to use that insane one button mouse?
....I'm kidding!
In all seriousness it's hard to imagine a reason not to buy a Mac nowadays. If for no other reason than Target Disk Mode. If you aren't familiar with it, trust me it will save your bacon some day.
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