Originally Posted by
Efrem
Conventional wisdom that may have been true ten years ago, but which has been disproved by every objective* comparison, like versus like, done since Apple went to Intel chips. The difference today is always tiny and can be in either direction.
True - unless you leave out the cost of the "mandatory operating system" built into Mac prices, which makes the difference today much larger than tiny. With PC architecture, you have your choice of about ten major OSs with dozens of variants, from RTOSs to Home Theater Personal Computer configurations like MythTV.
Originally Posted by
Efrem
Those who continue to believe this don't make objective comparisons, but simply point to low-end Windows machines that have no Mac equivalents (Apple is not after that market) and say "it's cheaper than Apple."
So there
are computers cheaper than Apple (because Jobs wants max margin on every unit)? Sounds like an objective comparison to me!
Originally Posted by
Efrem
That's true. If one of those meets your needs, buy it.
Thanks. I will. Or I'll buy twice as much computer in PC parts (which Apple won't sell you) for the same money as a mid-range Apple. And get Ubuntu off the Internet for free. Oh - I already did that.