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| Thread ID: 82255 | 2007-08-21 04:41:00 | Why people don't switch operating systems | winmacguy (3367) | PC World Chat |
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| 583324 | 2007-08-22 06:23:00 | Rest assured I will NOT be buying a Mac at any price EVER!!! No one said you had to, the article is actually talking about Linux but the model can be applied to any system and the observations are very accurate. I would imagine that the resulting views and feedback to Slashdot from the article would probably be very close to what is being posted on PF1. Often it pays to look at the Total Cost Investment over a set time period to enable all relevant costs to be factored into the equation to see which platform will provide the best Return On Investment. This rule applies to any platform. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 583325 | 2007-08-22 06:39:00 | Or any other boot manager for that matter. Rest assured I will NOT be buying a Mac at any price EVER!!! Hallejulah!!!:lol: I think we should all sign a pact attesting to that written in blood:thumbs: |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 583326 | 2007-08-22 06:40:00 | Well people are creatures of habit. Several people at work have gone back to PCs running Windows XP instead of a Mac running OS X. One person is even using an iMac (dual booting with OS X) but actually just uses Windows most of the time. This allows her to keep her boss happy - he runs OS X and needs the "moral support" of a fellow Mac user :lol: Every one seems to drift towards the OS they are comfortable with.... |
gibler (49) | ||
| 583327 | 2007-08-22 07:05:00 | Every one seems to drift towards the OS they are comfortable with.... Possibly why Vista is such a hard sell. :D People are so used to the familiarity of XP. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 583328 | 2007-08-22 07:08:00 | This allows her to keep her boss happy - he runs OS X and needs the "moral support" of a fellow Mac user :lol: like the Tui ad says . . . Yeah right . :rolleyes: |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 583329 | 2007-08-22 13:24:00 | No one said you had to, the article is actually talking about Linux but the model can be applied to any system and the observations are very accurate. I would imagine that the resulting views and feedback to Slashdot from the article would probably be very close to what is being posted on PF1. Often it pays to look at the Total Cost Investment over a set time period to enable all relevant costs to be factored into the equation to see which platform will provide the best Return On Investment. This rule applies to any platform. Thank you. You make my point very well. Total Cost Investment. I have an investment in hardware and software as I mentioned. So all relevant costs have to be figured do they not? You really may be looking at TCO. Total Cost Ownership for example. Maybe I should lease rather than owning. So in the scheme of things I actually dump my PC and then buy a Mac. The previous investments I made in my current PC (Hardware) and (Software) presumably go down the gurgler. This in spite of the fact that my PC actually works for me. AMD4400+, 4 Gigs RAM, 7900 PCIe video X-Fi sound card and other bits and pieces. I am not trying to push my choices here. So show me a Mac that will run FlightSim, Links, Office, Works, Acrobat 6, Photoshop, PSP8. Show me a Mac that I can upgrade myself if I desire to do so. This without costing a small fortune. And this without using an emulator for the software I have a licence for. So you sell me one NEVER! Assuming you ever did then I take it that you would come to my place and lead me through my learning curve with the new operating system. Am I going to be more productive? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 583330 | 2007-08-22 18:47:00 | T So show me a Mac that will run FlightSim, Links, Office, Works, Acrobat 6, Photoshop, PSP8. Show me a Mac that I can upgrade myself if I desire to do so. This without costing a small fortune. And this without using an emulator for the software I have a licence for. I would say you are very well set up for what your running on your PC. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 583331 | 2007-08-22 19:39:00 | Thank you. You make my point very well. Total Cost Investment. I have an investment in hardware and software as I mentioned. So all relevant costs have to be figured do they not? You really may be looking at TCO. Total Cost Ownership for example. Maybe I should lease rather than owning. So in the scheme of things I actually dump my PC and then buy a Mac. The previous investments I made in my current PC (Hardware) and (Software) presumably go down the gurgler. This in spite of the fact that my PC actually works for me. AMD4400+, 4 Gigs RAM, 7900 PCIe video X-Fi sound card and other bits and pieces. I am not trying to push my choices here. So show me a Mac that will run FlightSim, Links, Office, Works, Acrobat 6, Photoshop, PSP8. Show me a Mac that I can upgrade myself if I desire to do so. This without costing a small fortune. And this without using an emulator for the software I have a licence for. So you sell me one NEVER! Assuming you ever did then I take it that you would come to my place and lead me through my learning curve with the new operating system. Am I going to be more productive? macpro (store.apple.com) |
plod (107) | ||
| 583332 | 2007-08-23 02:00:00 | Assuming you ever did then I take it that you would come to my place and lead me through my learning curve with the new operating system. Am I going to be more productive? You will get a the same "learning curve" when you move to Vista as you would on a Mac as it is more of a familiarization curve than a learning curve. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 583333 | 2007-08-23 03:51:00 | Who would it be a learning curve?. Most of the things in Vista are the same, just the GUI is different. Everyone who uses XP would pick up Vista very very soon. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
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