Great points, Cara. One thing I have discovered through the
years of setting up system for customers on the Windows side of things
is the value for money supposedly implied in lower prices for Windows
machines is an illusion at best. Then quality of the hardware and the
software being bundled are only a start in regard to where that value
is lost. Trust me, a Windows laptop priced at an unbelievably low
amount is outright deceiving in the long term. If you were a sighted
person only looking for a car to get you from point A to point B, yes,
I'm sure you can find one at a bargain price, but how many miles will
that car get you as the months pass and how many times will that car
be in the shop and how many times will you sit there cursing your
choice? From experience, it's no different when it comes to bargain
Windows desktop and Windows laptop deals.
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On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Will, whilst on the surface, this may look like a good deal,
I'll bring up a few points below you might consider. Also, you
didn't mention the processor speed?…
• Vista needs more memory to run well, than does Leopard, so the
memory issue may be a moot point in regard to actual system
performance.
• Apple hardware / built-in software is completely integrated I.E.
it's designed / chosen to work together within the system as a whole
as part of the design of the physical system itself. In other
words, everything is assured to work well together when you buy the
system because it was specifically designed to do this by Apple.
It's not like a Windows set-up where a manufacturer adds their own
bundles of drivers and such to a -one-size-fits-all OS.
• As I'd addressed above, the time / effort you may spend in dealing
with misbehaving software or driver issues on a Windows machine as
compared with the relative ease-of-use on a Mac can be a huge factor.
• the quality of Mac hardware tends to be better than that of
similarly priced Windows systems, at least at the moment?…
• lastly, the cost of a screen reader as compared to VO on the Mac.
The above are just my thoughts, of course… Whatever you choose, I
sure wish you the very best!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 22, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Will Lomas wrote:
hi i noted that whilst i love the mac for the price i paid,
windows laptops give you more value for money
For the price i paid for this macboo with 2.4 ghz core 2 duo 2 gigs
ram and 160 gb hard disk, my step dad now has a windows vista
system 4 gigs ram and 320 gb hard disk
interested to read what people think
regards will
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