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Point taken, however financial involvement is still needed. Not only that but I already have a damn computer why should I buy a different one because you decide
by _pi 17y ago
Point taken, however financial involvement is still needed. Not only that but I already have a damn computer why should I buy a different one because you decided to lock development to one platform?
Also interesting tid-bit, I've found that resale value on Apple PC's is sustained only by the fact that they're stylish. The resale market has thrived with Mac's more-so because they're an expensive commodity rather than a commodity whose value deprecates at a slow rate intrinsically. It's the same reason why recent (5 yr old)CISCO routers and switches keep price as well.
- icefox 17y agoI agree there is a good amount of stylish that sells the laptop, but there are several other factors: - The apple hardware runs OS X. Looking to have OS X, but without buying new hardware this is a very well known route. Not only that, but OS X runs pretty well on yesterdays hardware. Can't say the same about Vista. - The apple hardware is pretty well known. If I am selling a macbook you can easily look it up to see if that model supports X, or can be upgraded to Y. Can't do that as much with random Windows laptops - People don't go looking on ebay for a lenevo T61, they do search for macbook. More buyers, better price. - The mac hardware is usually pretty good which helps at resale time. gig networking, wifi, cd/dvd burner etc have all been in every laptop I have sold. - And of course, factor X which is the fact that people actually want to have a Mac laptop, be it because it is cool or the fact that it just works for so many things. I am probably missing other factors, but I can tell you this: This spring I sold my G4 667 laptop (from 2002!) and still got $350 dollars for it. I don't know if I could get over $50 for a Windows one.