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Botnst · #1 12-29-2008, 02:30 PM

So far I've been lucky. My Mac+, MacSE, Mac II, MacII fx, Mac II si, PowerPC 6400 (IIRC), G3 and current iMac never, ever failed (hardware failure). I gave the 1st 3 away to schools, the Mac IIsi I gave to a student and still have the PowerPC and G3, still working. The iMac seems just as bulletproof as the others so I'll probably use it more or less unmodified for 3-6 years. Like the others.

I use PC's at work and they function as advertised.

For me, they're all appliances. We have a microwave and fridge at work. I don't care who made them or how much they cost. They work. For home use I choose appliances that my kids and my grandkids can use, no sweat.

B

The Clk Man · #2 12-29-2008, 02:34 PM

I have been using Macs since 89 and they are GREAT. I have a Printing & Sign Shop and use macs every day. My current mac is 7 years old and is still running fine.

You know what they say. Once you go MAC you'll never go back.

420benz · #3 12-29-2008, 05:31 PM

My grandson just got his Macbook for Xmas and i was totally convinced that i must get one.Where can i get a late model with an aluminum case referb?

jaoneill · #4 12-30-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

So far I've been lucky. My Mac+, MacSE, Mac II, MacII fx, Mac II si, PowerPC 6400 (IIRC), G3 and current iMac never, ever failed (hardware failure). I gave the 1st 3 away to schools, the Mac IIsi I gave to a student and still have the PowerPC and G3, still working. The iMac seems just as bulletproof as the others so I'll probably use it more or less unmodified for 3-6 years. Like the others.

I use PC's at work and they function as advertised.

For me, they're all appliances. We have a microwave and fridge at work. I don't care who made them or how much they cost. They work. For home use I choose appliances that my kids and my grandkids can use, no sweat.
B

Appliance is the operative word. When I first looked into computerizing our business back in the late eighties I put in a call to my son, a computer systems engineer. His comment to me was "get a mac, they are an appliance, like a toaster, plug them in and they work, day in and day out."

I am here to say that he was 100% spot on. I have never had apple hardware fail, the only reason I have ever had to buy newer machines is to keep up with the technological demands of the business. Over the years we find that the machines are generally 6-8 years old before they become obsolete for our purposes. We currently have four newer 20" imacs and an older 17" emac in daily use. I still have a circa 1993 Quadra that the grandkids use for gaming, works fine.

From an economic point of view I don't think macs can be beat. In 25 years I have spent exactly zero, nothing, nada, on IT support for all of the macs we have had. Conversely, I spend $500-$1000 a year on support for the one windows PC that we use 8-10 hours a week to access the government sites and software that aren't mac compatible; and it's not the pc hardware, it's the windows operating system.

My $.02

Jim