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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. Apple out to woo PC users by zhiwenchong · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Has anyone seen the new ad campaign by Apple trying to convince PC users to switch to Macs?

    Here. (with Quicktime commercials)
    http://www.apple.com/switch

    Personally I think PCs will always be cheaper than Macs (especially for the hobbyist). You can hack up a PC from scratch (that's what I did) and find pretty cheap components and cards from Taiwan or some such place... not every part of the PC has to be of premium quality.

    "I can resist everything except temptation" - Oscar Wilde