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The Mac vs. PC Debate Was Never Clearer

Good point and you are right that the machines themselves are not what is different. It's really the software. Leopard vs. Vista. The iLife suite, etc. Oh, the Macs also generally look nicer than the cheap looking PC's.


On Jul 24 03:02 PM levin70 wrote:

> The study on the 91% compares sales at US retail storefronts.
>
> The OP and the author of the study make the fundemental flaw in the
> analysis of this fact. High-end PC buyers don't shop at best buy.
> They don't.
>
> High end pc buyers shop for components, and build the systems themselves.
> A few will buy from alienware (dell) or a few highend models from
> HP or others, but for the most part, sales of high end PC's just
> are not storefront driven
>
> I can build an exactly comparable pc system for under $1300 that
> Apple sells for $2499. That's all markup for nothing more than marketing.
> Great for APPLE, bad for the consumer that buys that MAC.
>
> So when you trumpet that MAC is great because of the brand image,
> be aware that that is all it is. The machine itself is nothing special.
>
>
> Regards