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Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by greggman »

linkmotif wrote: post #2

Don't know about the stats, but this has definitely been the case for me. My late 2010 MBA worked for 5 years then broke one day. Apple fixed it in under 24 hours for $304.80 (that's with 8.75% NY tax) and I'm typing on it as we speak. PS the thing is basically indestructible... I have no excuse not to buy another some time in the future. Can't wait to try the 12" MB.

Everyone has their own anecdotes. I've owned 1 Toshiba (5 years), 2 Vaios (both still work, one from 2000, the other from 2006), 3 Macbook Pros (2008, 2012, 2014). Of those only 1 broke. The 2nd Macbook pro about 2 years in the GPU died. I didn't buy the service contract and Apple told me my only option was to buy a new one full price.

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by santaclaus »

paulmd wrote: post #10
linkmotif wrote: post #2

Don't know about the stats, but this has definitely been the case for me. My late 2010 MBA worked for 5 years then broke one day. Apple fixed it in under 24 hours for $304.80 (that's with 8.75% NY tax) and I'm typing on it as we speak. PS the thing is basically indestructible... I have no excuse not to buy another some time in the future. Can't wait to try the 12" MB.

Apple doesn't have a monopoly on durable laptops. I'm still using a circa-2010 Thinkpad W-series (purchased refurbished in 2013). Needs a new cooling module (starting to overheat occasionally), and it's been through a couple battery packs and a keyboard replacement, but those are essentially wear items and it's otherwise still going strong. So far I've actually stepped right flat on the screen once (it fell out of be…

Is Lenovo shipping laptops with high dpi displays?

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by orf »

linkmotif wrote: post #2

Don't know about the stats, but this has definitely been the case for me. My late 2010 MBA worked for 5 years then broke one day. Apple fixed it in under 24 hours for $304.80 (that's with 8.75% NY tax) and I'm typing on it as we speak. PS the thing is basically indestructible... I have no excuse not to buy another some time in the future. Can't wait to try the 12" MB.

Not everyone's experiences are the same. My macbook has been in for repairs a total of 7 weeks this year, for basically the same problem

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by drd93 »

santaclaus wrote: post #12
paulmd wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple doesn't have a monopoly on durable laptops. I'm still using a circa-2010 Thinkpad W-series (purchased refurbished in 2013). Needs a new cooling module (starting to overheat occasionally), and it's been through a couple battery packs and a keyboard replacement, but those are essentially wear items and it's otherwise still going strong. So far I've actually stepped right flat on the screen once (it fell out of be…

Is Lenovo shipping laptops with high dpi displays?

Writing the response from my 3200x1800 13.3" screen. High enough for my tastes.

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by gaga666 »

linkmotif wrote: post #2

Don't know about the stats, but this has definitely been the case for me. My late 2010 MBA worked for 5 years then broke one day. Apple fixed it in under 24 hours for $304.80 (that's with 8.75% NY tax) and I'm typing on it as we speak. PS the thing is basically indestructible... I have no excuse not to buy another some time in the future. Can't wait to try the 12" MB.

Writing this from hp prBbook that worked 7 years changing 4 users without any single issue.

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by protomyth »

gramstrong wrote: post #4

*for a corporation. For a single user who knows their way around a Windows machine, they are not.

yep, but add some relatives and it all goes bad

How are Chromebooks for people who have to deal with "family / friends" support issues?

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by spullara »

protomyth wrote: post #17
gramstrong wrote: post #4

*for a corporation. For a single user who knows their way around a Windows machine, they are not.

yep, but add some relatives and it all goes bad How are Chromebooks for people who have to deal with "family / friends" support issues?

How do I run Minecraft on this thing? Goes badly.

Re: Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

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Post by jmknoll »

"Previn says that while a Mac initially costs anywhere from $117 to $454 more than a similarly configured Windows PC, over four years IBM saves between $273 to $543 per Mac compared to a similarly configured Windows PC."

Its late over here, and I could be misinterpreting this, but this feels like meaningless clickbait. 3 times cheaper to own is based on 117 * 3 ~= 543? Taking the extreme low end of one value and the extreme high end of the other feels dishonest.

Perhaps a more appropriate title would have been "In the long run, you'll probably save about $25/year by buying a Mac."

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