Tell your friends with the Macs to try and run the latest versions of some of the Mac software out there like iWorks
or iLife 09 and see what the results will be. At a certain point, memory and processor will take over the OS and the
OS used will make no difference what so ever. My brother has a 2007 MacBook that works like a snail when iMovie or
Garageband (09 versions) are loaded on it.
I have a PC at the house that is more than 7 years old (HP to be exact) and for my wife's web surfing, image
printing, and checkbook apps, it works just fine and never had an issue.
The concept that Macs are better and can last longer is a function of the fact that the latest and most advance
software generally is not released to the Mac at the same rate that it is released for the PC. That is also a
function of how many macs are really out there since a software producer will have to think hard about whether or
not to develop for the Mac.
So yes, Macs are more expensive, but they are not necessarily better. If you compared the hardware of the MBP 17″
to a Dell XPS 17″ with comparable hardware, the hardware is the same but the price is about $1000 less. That $1000
is what people are paying for the OS and not the hardware. Most people do not realize that it is the software that
crashes and not the hardware (most times). I paid that price for my MBP but I needed a Mac for iPhone development.
My friends do not need to pay that tax and neither do the people in these ads or the average person.
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