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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:00 AM

Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs

Let's put to rest the myth that an Apple computer will set you back more than a Windows PC. In fact, it'll cost you less.

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  • Thursday, November 8, 2007 12:13 PM

    Worlds apart

    I'm not sure I've ever read a computer column so utterly and completely divorced from the reality I inhabit.

    The single most significant reason for almost everyone I know not to buy a Mac is not the price but that the software we need to use, and most especially the games we want to play, are not available for the Mac.

    I don't know anyone who has ever resold a computer, we upgrade them component by component (something that, although this could have changed, never used to be an option with Macs) until we hit a plateau point where a new system is needed, at which point the old system is generally repurposed.

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