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Maybe this will be covered in the next installments of this commentary, but the biggest cost of owning a PC is the exorbitant cost of software that has been inadequately tested and fights with everything else in your computer.
I've spent way more on tech support and upgrades that refuse to inter-act than I did on the original price of the computer. My next machine will be a MAC, because everyone I know who owns one is thrilled with it and thinks I'm retarded for not switching sooner.
Not to mention my lost productivity (common among friends with PCs) when I spend about 40% of my time at the computer dealing with problems or the computer's failure to perform as it was allegedly designed. I leave it on for days now, becaue every time I boot it up there is something different to discover in how it chooses to function each time. There are times when it just seem better to deal with the calamities you already know.
It would be impossible to calculate the icy hatred I feel for Microsoft. I am not alone, which is not as comforting as having companionship should be.
At these prices the damn thing should work. And it doesn't. And don't even ask how many computers simply died and could not be recovered. Geesh, I'm a slow learner! The final blow was when I asked my computer guy this week if he also sells MACS because maybe, after all, I'm not too old to learn a new system. His response? "What, and lose my job security? I wouldn't have anything to do if I just serviced the MACS I sold." Join me now for a loud and long ARGGGGHHHHHH!
