Reg asked why its difficult for most people to buy a Mac? Well Reg, I feel sure you know what I meant.
Electrical stores in Perth are full of PCs to suit every budget and all the gizmos which go with them. It's been like this for a long time. You simply walk into a store, pay your money and walk out with the machine of your choice. Software for PCs abounds too. For example the latest Officeworks catalogue has a page of security and business software, none for Macs. Plus a lot of this stuff has cashback deals or other enticements. The big electrical retailers are uninterested in Macs. If anything suitable turns up on their shelves then its accidental. It seems like hardly a day passes here without some glossy brochure arriving with the latest PC offerings. Already they have Vista installed. As for reliability, one of my sons has used a Windoze machine for five years and never had any trouble. He recently bought a PC laptop because his GPS software won't run on Macs. There is plenty of people who can fix them too. I think you can even do a repair course at TAFE. Don't get me wrong, I like my Macs, but there are many aspects about the PC world I as a consumer envy. Will the Mac desktop computer eventually go the same way as the Microbee? The easiest way to buy a Mac seems to be online from Apple. This is not easy for people buying their first computer. Also, I think the educational pricing discount is a very unfair discriminatory sales tactic, even though I am entitled by their rules to use it. Cheers, Paul.
