08 Apr 2009, 1:14 pm
08 Apr 2009, 1:25 pm
Orwell wrote:
DeLoreanDude wrote:
Macs are cheaper in the long term, they are way more reliable and well built than PCs.
Macs are PCs. I will agree, though, that they are better built than most other computers and probably a better value than many others. I know far too many people whose Dells have simply ceased to function for no apparent reason (often a Vista problem, or suffered random mechanical failures of one kind or another way before they should have (broken fans, failed power adapters when Dell's adapters are apparently specific to each laptop so it is not possible to borrow someone else's, etc). In all the years everyone in my family has used Macs (since about 1994, encompassing at least 11 machines), I think we managed to kill one hard drive on a shared computer, and my dad eventually fried the monitor on an old laptop. Aside from that, no mechanical problems that I can remember. It's possible that there were a few other minor things, but Apple is so excellent at customer service that if something goes wrong with your computer, you usually come out better for it (they replaced a busted hard drive with a bigger one, and do similar things anytime they replace stuff). The 1999 iMac is still running strong, all the hardware perfectly sound and quite powerful considering its age. Five of those computers are still in daily use, and that will be six once I get back home and start playing with the iMac some more. I don't know of many people who would expect, say, a Sony Vaio to last 5+ years with zero mechanical failures as my sister's iBook has.
Indeed, my mum had a few Dells from her work and they all broke... My iBook's HD died but other than that it worked fine and I got £80 after 4 years of usage... Sonys, Dells etc. of the same age are worth like £20
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