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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
I'm not into the processor clock cycles and gigaflop comparisons... but for me.. it's about TCO (total cost of ownership) while the Mac has less down time than the PC, and my have less of a learning curve (not really anymore with GUI) but Apple has a higher TCO because the parts are much more expensive to replace when they break.
This is from Gartner Group studies.
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Well I have never had any part brake on any of my macs, and the macs at work either.
When I bought my macs I usually maxed out the ram. And they have not needed any upgrades other wise. So TCO on my all three of my macs was around $9000. Over the past 14 years.
My PC on the other hand. I was spending around $600-$900 per replacement of mother board, cpu, ram. I have had a total of 7 different CPU's. Plus hard drive upgrades, CD rom to a CD-RW upgrade, then a CD-RW to a DVD Burner upgrade, I think I spend a total of $3000 for those. Estimate it's around $9000 again. But this time over a 10 year period. Now put in the fact that I had to reinstall the Windohosed and software for each of the PC CPU upgrades, I still think the Mac is the easiest and better solution.
Oh and since I run the IT department at work, If I had only Mac's at work, I would not have a job.