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BWinmill · 03-19-2012, 11:52 PM

There is absolutely no point in getting into price comparisons with Mac users since these price comparisons are always fundamentally flawed since the objective is to find a PC that meets Apple's specifications rather than to find a PC that reflects the purchaser's needs.

This is most evident in their insistence upon the bundled software: very few people will need anything more than Windows Home Premium and Office Home & Student, yet Mac users like to insist upon Windows and Office Professional. Sure, that comparison may reflect feature parity. But if you don't need the features, why would you spend more? Of course, the exact same thing can be said for hardware specifications. I recently helped a friend buy a PC. The salesmen were pushing him towards the $500 models, I showed him the $350 models because it fit his needs. Thing is, Apple doesn't offer that choice. Heck, they don't even offer and upgradable/serviceable model under $2500 (sorry, but upgrading goes beyond a hard drive and RAM).

03-19-2012, 11:52 PM	#43
BWinmill Nameless Being	There is absolutely no point in getting into price comparisons with Mac users since these price comparisons are always fundamentally flawed since the objective is to find a PC that meets Apple's specifications rather than to find a PC that reflects the purchaser's needs. This is most evident in their insistence upon the bundled software: very few people will need anything more than Windows Home Premium and Office Home & Student, yet Mac users like to insist upon Windows and Office Professional. Sure, that comparison may reflect feature parity. But if you don't need the features, why would you spend more? Of course, the exact same thing can be said for hardware specifications. I recently helped a friend buy a PC. The salesmen were pushing him towards the $500 models, I showed him the $350 models because it fit his needs. Thing is, Apple doesn't offer that choice. Heck, they don't even offer and upgradable/serviceable model under $2500 (sorry, but upgrading goes beyond a hard drive and RAM).