Not Really Before I worked here I worked for a sub contract manufacturing company programming CNC Lathes and Vertical Machining Centres to manufacture components for a wide variety of sectors, defense, transport, chemical industries. To me the build quality of the Macs just doesn't justify the price tag, and in my experience if you chose your PC components wisely, which I do, PCs can have far superior longevity than a Mac... for a considerably lower price tag.
I am not knocking Macs at all though, I think they are excellent machines and Apple has certainly delivered a master stroke with a partially open source OS giving developers a huge bite of the Fruit. I'd like to see the research, I really would, as Apple has just released a new tier driven repairs system for out of warranty repairs, I rung up this morning to see about getting a 17" Apple Studio Display repaired and it HAS to go back to Apple at quite considerable cost, 60 euros +vat just to send the thing. Similar items are Airport systems but I think that has more to do with International laws on WiFi usage and not having people poking around inside them. Anyway my point was that Macs hardwarewise are overpriced. :o) Regards DZineGuru Still Up On The Fence -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 January 2004 12:38 To: Mac UK Subject: Re: Upgrading - 7300 memory issues On 6 Jan 2004, at 12:30, Sean wrote: > One has to wonder if this is why Macs are so EXPENSIVE. Having been > support > for a cross platform Design Agency using both PCs and Macs for a > couple of > years, I know I'd rather have a failed PC on my hands than a failed > Mac. Ever thought that that might say more about your experience and expertise than about the platforms? There is huge amount of research which shows that Macs are far cheaper to support than PCs. Stuart -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
