Users know that PC's are junk. EVERYONE knows that, even the hardcore PC fanboys, and those kids just flat-out don't want to admit it in public.
Macs are just the best machines around. Whether they be iMacs, Pros, or MacBooks, you get something called "VALUE" for your money. Sure, a $1000 iMac is more expensive than a $300 BestBuy dumpster special.
My PC friends always contact me to ask how to decontaminate their virus/spyware-laden systems, corrupted registries, or just resolve really bad performance issues. Heck, I make a nice killing on PC side jobs. I'm amazed, just amazed as to how much torture some friends tolerate using their PC's even for simple things like writing word documents and deal with system instabilities. I whip open my 3yr-old Macbook Air and proceed to tell them how much better off will be compared to their $299 laptop deal.
Of course, they say "We can't afford a Mac", to which I respond... "But see what going the cheapest route gets you!" They all agree, yet go right back to trying to determine why their laptop is blowing out so much heat just from running idle. Figure that.
there is a simple reason for this observation. mac computers live much longer so there is less "churn" in the eatablished market of apple's numbers especially now with free well-working software updates. Every pc owner I know rebuys their conputers every 3-5 years... mac owners keep theirs longer.
That, and the fact that the emerging middle class there needs its status symbols and that glowing Apple logo in the back of the screen is as ostentatious as the "LV" pattern on a Vuitton purse.
Or could it be quality? My iMac is 7 years old, runs the latest version of OS X (& will run the next one too), has never needed rebuilding, repairing, replacing and helped me to avoid both Windows Vista (the reason I moved over from Windows after 10 years of PC use from Win95 to WinXP) and Windows 8.
Overall cost of ownership - both purchase price and my time needing to keep the thing working - has been far less than the 7 years of PC use that predated the iMac's purchase so for many of us (but not all) status has nothing to do with owning a Mac.
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Good point.
Apple' doomed I tell you...doomed!
Yes doomed to succeed with people who think for themselves.
A sigh for Windoz, it's just selling to those who don't know any better !
Users know that PC's are junk. EVERYONE knows that, even the hardcore PC fanboys, and those kids just flat-out don't want to admit it in public.
Macs are just the best machines around. Whether they be iMacs, Pros, or MacBooks, you get something called "VALUE" for your money. Sure, a $1000 iMac is more expensive than a $300 BestBuy dumpster special.
My PC friends always contact me to ask how to decontaminate their virus/spyware-laden systems, corrupted registries, or just resolve really bad performance issues. Heck, I make a nice killing on PC side jobs. I'm amazed, just amazed as to how much torture some friends tolerate using their PC's even for simple things like writing word documents and deal with system instabilities. I whip open my 3yr-old Macbook Air and proceed to tell them how much better off will be compared to their $299 laptop deal.
Of course, they say "We can't afford a Mac", to which I respond... "But see what going the cheapest route gets you!" They all agree, yet go right back to trying to determine why their laptop is blowing out so much heat just from running idle. Figure that.
Or could it be quality? My iMac is 7 years old, runs the latest version of OS X (& will run the next one too), has never needed rebuilding, repairing, replacing and helped me to avoid both Windows Vista (the reason I moved over from Windows after 10 years of PC use from Win95 to WinXP) and Windows 8.
Overall cost of ownership - both purchase price and my time needing to keep the thing working - has been far less than the 7 years of PC use that predated the iMac's purchase so for many of us (but not all) status has nothing to do with owning a Mac.