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Macs Are Cheaper than PCs

Posted by pudge on from the no-kidding dept.

astrodawg writes "According the Gartner research firm, Macs are cheaper than PCs. 'It compared direct costs such as hardware and software for desktops and mobile computers, servers and peripherals, upgrades, service and support and depreciation. The study also examined the indirect costs of supporting end-users, training time and non-productive downtime.' MacCentral posted a story; evidently, the full report from Gartner is a bit expensive." I think the news about this should be that anyone questioned it to begin with.

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  1. Re:We don't need no steenking standards by 0x0d0a · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    This is Apple we are talking about. If they cared about standards, they'd be building PCs.

    Widely-used has very little to do with standardization, as our friends at MS are testament to.

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  2. the voice of experience by rfsayre · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I've seen a bundle of 7200 RPM drives fail in my dorm so far -- not a 5400 among them.

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA