Comments on: Colleges switching from PC to Mac en masse?

By: It really is that much nicer

It really is that much nicer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:10:13 +0000

Actually, I think it was PCMag or ComputerWorld – someone just did a test of which was faster running vista – a PC or a Mac. Turned out it was a Mac that was not only faster – but it was also cheaper by $100. Macs are really not that much more expensive. Besides, what’s your time worth? Do you really want to spend all that time with AVG running in the background looking for viruses slowing you down, or resetting your computer for the millionth time, or the LONG start up time, or the never ending freezing? I had been a hardcore PC guy since DOS / Windows 3.1 back in the early 80s. last year I had enough – went Mac and since then, not one frozen app, I’ve never turned off my Mac, I’ve never cursed it, and only reset twice, after a quick software update. It really does just work. See the light, go for it, do it now! You really do just get more work done. It really is that much nicer. You don’t need windows! do it!

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:36:02 +0000

If you compare the features included with a Mac purchase to a similarly equipped Windows machine you may discover the Mac is very close, and sometimes even less, in cost.

By: greg205

greg205 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:49:58 +0000

I’ve also noticed a higher number of Macs being used both among my friends and people in general. I’ve had several people try to convince me that my next computer purchase should be a Macintosh – their arguments are good but financially windows makes more sense for me (seeing as I can get a Windows computer for about 1/2 the cost of a Mac).
There are 2 things that I’m curious of: will Macs reach the point where their cost is similar to that of a PC and will the rate of increase of Mac usage change: will the incline become steeper, stay the same, or level off?