Mac vs. PC costs

[jack-rp9/bkPP+cDYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org (Jack Coats)]

Real numbers from real life installations are always fun to see.  Vs the
FUD that M$ put out about how much more it cost to run Linux than M$
products some time ago.

I think most of us will concede that Mac costs more to acquire (initial and
software)
than PC based products.  But I have no clue how the continuing costs really
go.

Some friends have related horror stories about getting their Macs
maintained and failures, others think Apple walks on water.

Reality must be somewhere in between.

There is also a difference in costs related to commercial vs personal use.
Cost of
admins, amount of rack place, etc. ...

Hearing what any real differences are is an interesting issue!

><> ... Jack


On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Richard Pieri wrote:
> > Robert Krawitz wrote:
> >> And horrendously expensive.
> >
> > No more so than comparably configured Dell or HP notebooks.
>
> Care to share some numbers? I've ran comparisons between approximately
> equivalent Mac and PC laptops on several occasions, and the Macs always
> end up having a substantial price premium.
>
>  -Tom
>
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