Comments on: Why I’m not rich enough to be cool enough to own a Mac http://www.elieseidman.com/why-im-not-rich-enough-to-be-cool-enough-to-own-a-mac-40 CEO of Oyster.com - a blog about startups, entrepreneurship, photography, and business building Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:43:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anon http://www.elieseidman.com/why-im-not-rich-enough-to-be-cool-enough-to-own-a-mac-40/comment-page-1#comment-5 Anon Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:33:14 +0000 http://www.elieseidman.com/?p=40#comment-5 What about the cost of time spend finding those commodity parts, assembling them, and then dealing with them as they break or malfunction-- not to mention the myriad drivers, patches, bios fixes and other assorted wonders of the PC world? Did I mention viruses? One virus or malware and the impact it will have on your cobbled together PC-- and you'll understand the value of a Mac !<br><br>I've owned an iMac for 3 years, and I've never had to reboot it, never had a virus, and when I took it out of the box it found my network and printer and basically it just worked. I've also owned an original iPhone and Ipod Nano for about the same length of time...never an issue-- there's a reason people buy them! What about the cost of time spend finding those commodity parts, assembling them, and then dealing with them as they break or malfunction– not to mention the myriad drivers, patches, bios fixes and other assorted wonders of the PC world? Did I mention viruses? One virus or malware and the impact it will have on your cobbled together PC– and you'll understand the value of a Mac !

I've owned an iMac for 3 years, and I've never had to reboot it, never had a virus, and when I took it out of the box it found my network and printer and basically it just worked. I've also owned an original iPhone and Ipod Nano for about the same length of time…never an issue– there's a reason people buy them!

]]> By: Elie Seidman http://www.elieseidman.com/why-im-not-rich-enough-to-be-cool-enough-to-own-a-mac-40/comment-page-1#comment-6 Elie Seidman Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:19:06 +0000 http://www.elieseidman.com/?p=40#comment-6 All great reasons to get a Mac, no doubt. But those things will cost you. We have nearly forty people running either Windows Vista or Windows 7 (more than 20 Lenovo X200 laptops) and Norton Anti-virus and have for around 18 months. So far so good - less than a technical issue a week and those that we do have can almost always be fixed by phone. We have not yet had a virus (thankfully). I'm incredibly impressed with Windows 7 - the install is truly Mac easy (I've installed the Mac OS as well). The only thing the Mac has going for it over Windows 7 is much cooler hardware. If Apple made most of its profit off of its computer business (vs its iPhone and iPod business), I'd put my money where my mouth is and short Apple. And you are absolutely right that assembling commodity parts is not for the unsophisticated. Just buy a Lenovo laptop with SSD if you have Mac level money to burn and want a great machine. All great reasons to get a Mac, no doubt. But those things will cost you. We have nearly forty people running either Windows Vista or Windows 7 (more than 20 Lenovo X200 laptops) and Norton Anti-virus and have for around 18 months. So far so good – less than a technical issue a week and those that we do have can almost always be fixed by phone. We have not yet had a virus (thankfully). I’m incredibly impressed with Windows 7 – the install is truly Mac easy (I’ve installed the Mac OS as well). The only thing the Mac has going for it over Windows 7 is much cooler hardware. If Apple made most of its profit off of its computer business (vs its iPhone and iPod business), I’d put my money where my mouth is and short Apple.

And you are absolutely right that assembling commodity parts is not for the unsophisticated. Just buy a Lenovo laptop with SSD if you have Mac level money to burn and want a great machine.

]]> By: Elise http://www.elieseidman.com/why-im-not-rich-enough-to-be-cool-enough-to-own-a-mac-40/comment-page-1#comment-4 Elise Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:43:01 +0000 http://www.elieseidman.com/?p=40#comment-4 This just completely killed my desire for a Macbook. I think i'm good with the lenovo I have now.=) This just completely killed my desire for a Macbook. I think i'm good with the lenovo I have now.=)

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