Apple Stole My Music. No Seriously.

[RoccoR5955]

81. No I did not buy into Apple's marketing

I got a Mac when I found out that what Micro$oft called "Windows 7" was actually version 6.1. Version 6 was Vista, and I would be damned if I was going to pay their price for a point upgrade. I did upgrade that RAM and HDD from third parties, for much less than Apple was offering. When SSDs got reasonable, I upgraded it again. THAT was a major speed improvement.
I still carry the laptop back and forth to work every day. It has battle scars to prove it. The battery still lasts about 4 hours, and it's much faster than any Windows PC that I have had for less time.
I still fix windows machines to pay the bills, as I have for, oh, 25 years or so (since the DOS days). I put out the word that I can fix Macs too. I have built my own PCs, bought premade ones, and it's the same story. After a year, you have to remove your data and programs, and wipe the drive in order to get it it perform. If you don't do this, it slows way down. Batteries that are supplied for any Windows laptop that I have had have only lasted no more than two years.

So to make a long story longer, My Mac probably cost me about $1200 all told. Had I went the Windows direction, I would have had to buy at least three of them and even at $400 each that is even. And for $400, I would not get the CPU and such for a Windows laptop, that I would get in a Mac. Then there is the issue of software. I work in a Microsoft shop, so I would have to buy Office, at $200 a clip, times 3. Then there is my time, which is worth at least $50/hr, to clean the crap off of the Windows laptop, figure 2 hours each. All in all, the Macbook Pro that I bought has actually saved me money in the long run.

But I don't expect a Microsoft fanboi to understand that.