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Mac v. Microsoft TCO

Posted by pudge on from the here-we-go-again dept.

NickFitz writes "MacWorld UK has some comments from industry analysts on the question of whether Total Cost of Ownership, Microsoft's favourite metric, is lower for Apple Mac versus Windows. The MS website has no figures to refute the claim that 'An Apple technician may cost twice as much, but he comes to see you half as often.'" Bottom line: neither platform is the clear winner.

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  1. If you have an orchard, Apple is rotten. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're kind of screwed if you have an apple orchard and a Mac computer.

    Download.com showed only one farm management program, and it was for the PC.

    http://www.farmworks.com/ has several, none for the Mac. It will probably take hours before I find the first Mac program for the farm.

    It is like this in all types of applications involving business and hobbies.

    This is just one example: I checked it due to the apple-orchard connection. You'll find this "something on the PC, nothing on the Mac" situation to hold true for almost anything you try.