louparker wrote:
Did you buy comparably priced Windows PC or just the cheapest ones you could find? If you spend as much for a Windows PC that you do for an Apple and buy a good brand, e.g., Samsung, Lenovo, Sony, Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, et al., I doubt that you would have had the same problems. You are right that a manufacturer that offers a PC for less money has to cut corners, which is why it makes no sense to compare an Apple computer to a cheap Windows PC, instead of comparing an Apple computer to a Windows PC that costs as much.
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Absolutely true! And when you do that, new users and recent college grads prefer Macs.
The PC market is a race to the bottom of the pond... Apple makes more profit on Macs than the next several computer makers combined. Even IBM has recognized the long-term cost of ownership is much lower than with Windows systems — $535 less over four years! It's all in the training and support costs...