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Should You Pay Twice as Much for a Mac?
- makecheck 18y agoThere are dozens of ways to explore the differences, and not everyone will care about the same things. But a data point I haven't seen yet is total ownership time. I have literally had my Power Mac dual G5 for over 5 years. And although I finally upgraded it recently to an Intel Mac, it took me a long time to decide if this was even necessary. My "old" machine still works beautifully, and I simply moved it to a different room. I have other reasons to like Macs of course, but I know plenty of people constantly upgrading PCs and it wouldn't surprise me if over 6 years I have spent less on computers than they have.
- peterhi 18y agoMy iMac lasted 6 years and died last month after being on for 24/7 for all that time. It cost me £1,200 when I bought it. So that's around £200 a year. I expect my new Mac Mini will last just as long and it only cost £400. My £1,500 PC on the other hand is only two years old and is showing signs of dying and I question the value of trying to fix it given that no one seems to be able to nail down the problem. PCs just don't have the life expectancy of Macs.
- dood 18y agoWhile we're sharing random anecdotes: my last PC (which I inexpertly built, fairly cheaply) lasted about 5 years of heavy use. While waiting for a new one, I used an old Dell that was lying around which is at least 8 years old, and worked fine. I've seen several people using similarly old PCs.