The second value proposition is Mac seem to last longer than PC’s. Again, I have not seen any empirical data to support that. You see a lot of generalizations out there, a lot of independent opinions and thoughts about the matter, but I have not seen any empirical data to actually prove that case. But this is one of the supposed value propositions of the Mac, is the longevity of the machines. So even though they cost a little bit more initially, they have a longer life span than a Windows PC, and they’re less expensive to support.
Believe me, there’s a lot more to the price of a computer than just when you pay for it. The software, support, maintenance on the machines, if it doesn’t cost money up front, it is costing time and time is money so that’s another metric to look at.
That being said, those are two value propositions. Now a third value proposition is ease of use. I think this argument is probably not a valid argument for the most point. I very much like Windows Seven. O, I’m very, very impressed with Windows Seven so far. And if you sat I think, I think the question become, if you send somebody down behind the Windows computers really not familiar with computers, some but I know, Macintosh is now familiar with computers, and have them accomplish the same task, given the same goal, using both platforms, which would be the easier the two to use? Which would be more instinctive?
And the argument again is that the Mac would tend to be a little bit generally easier to use. I think Windows Seven again is a game changer on that. I think Windows Seven is extremely easy to use.
Now, in the chat room, Geeks Live is saying that you pay for the quality of the Mac, and you’re right. There is some truth to that. But it’s just not the machine. Here’s, I think the fundamental there first. I’ve argued this point before on a couple different occasions. It is that when you purchase Macintosh and an Apple Computer, you’re purchasing an entire experience. It’s just not the hardware. It’s a combination of the hardware and the software. And the thought into the minor details that makes using a Mac at least seemingly more easy to do, easier to set up and get on to the internet. It’s just a more rich experience. And Apple’s are very hardware. You’re not surprised by a bunch of you know, what’s the word I’m looking for, junk ware, you know. You’re not booting up and seeing thousands of icons on your desktop to try this and free demo that, crap ware. That’s what I call it.
So Apple makes sure that doesn’t happen to you. You’re not going to get driver conflicts. You don’t have to install drivers to use your camera. Plug in the camcorder, it just works. So they try to make installs or adding new peripherals as painless as possible, plug and play as you can evenly get.
But I like Windows Seven. It is really just about on par with OS 10 when it comes to that. I really do. I really think it is more or less on par now with the Mac OS 10 so…
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