Why Own a Mac

Most of my clients use PCs for run­ning their com­pa­nies. Only a small hand­ful use a Mac at home. I hope that get­ting an Apple com­put­er will be on their New Years res­o­lu­tion for 2010! They are incred­i­ble machines. The most com­mon objec­tion I hear from the PC camp about an Apple is, ​“I know they are good, but they are so much more expen­sive.” I’m not sure I can agree with that state­ment hav­ing owned many PC com­put­ers and now sev­er­al Apple machines. I have been on the PC side for most of my life. I’ve replaced PC com­put­ers many many times. I’ve watched as tens of thou­sands of dol­lars have been poured into build­ing, main­tain­ing and fix­ing my dad’s Microsoft Exchange (PC) servers while work­ing for him. The typ­i­cal lap­top last about 3 years. As for an Apple Lap­top’s lifes­pan, I have heard over 5 years and going strong. So, if the Apple prod­uct last 2x as long or longer but it cost more upfront, what is a bet­ter val­ue: the PC or Mac? Apple is not dou­ble a PC in most cas­es. It might be 25% more but not 50%. You can get a small but qual­i­ty Mac com­put­er for as lit­tle as $600. So, if an Apple last two times longer than a PC, isn’t it worth it? How many pro­fes­sion­al paint­ing con­trac­tors preach to their prospects that their paint­ing com­pa­ny is the best! If some­thing is tru­ly bet­ter qual­i­ty and val­ue, why not buy it? So, this Christ­mas sea­son, try a mac. You will not be disappointed.