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1.) Quality - Sleek Unibody design ...
2.) Battery Life
My Dell laptop (provided by work) has excellent battery life... I don't think that the design of the actual thing is too terribly bad, Mac don't have a monopoly on designers.
to be honest, the old white macbooks design was done first by Sony, the new brushed aluminium design has been done before also -with varieties of success.
4.) A point from 3 is with the App integration I can get quality software that will work with zero compatibility issues.
I can't recall the last time I had to mess about with any software, or had any compatibility issues. (or blue screen, or crash.)
The trouble here is that some applications are badly written, to be honest, as soon as Macs have as many bad applications. Then there will be compatibility issues...
5.) iMovie - For a free application to do simple video editing this is a great application. I also use Final Cut Pro, but for most simple stuff iMovie is more than sufficient. (What type of video editing software comes with Windows?)
windows movie maker, which is just about good enough to string together a few clips of videos into a longer video, it's good enough for home move makers, not good for anything else. I don't think that this criticism is fair though. (I mean MS can't even bundle a web browser without being forced to give adverts for competitors).
it'd be interesting to see what happens if Apple keep growing as much as they are.
will they spend ten years in courts fighting to try to give away applications, (even though giving away applications for free erodes the commercial market place for similar applications). or will they be forced to prop up that commercial market place either by just stripping out applications, or having built in adverts for other applications?
6.) Facetime integration - If I want to chat with any of my co workers throughout the day I can use either iChat to their iPhone, iPad or Mac. This is also useful if I want to share my screen or look at an employees screen to discuss anything going on directly on their end.
I use Skype -which is now owned by MS, it has all of these things, as well as chat applications available for pretty much all smart phones (not just iphones).
7.) Ability to maintain simultaneous connections - My primary network runs via Ethernet, but I can also run a WiFi network to simulate network issues for troubleshooting or to test new hardware. Likewise I can use WiFi as primary and Ethernet as secondary. In fact, I can change the entire preference order complete with USB or Bluetooth if I want to tether my iPhone without disrupting other active connections.
not sure where you're going there, windows lets you work with multiple network interfaces too...
8.) Time Machine - Windows can't compete with Time Machine plain and simple, I can see each virtual back up of my OS and easily restore to any point in time.
have you used the latest windows backup tools? they are a lot better than they ever have been before.
12.) Ability to to create PDF docs - If I need to email a client a blueprint or invoice I can easily convert the file to a PDF for emailing.
I can do that too, I just press print from within any application and I've got a PDF file.
The upfront costs of a Windows computer will obviously be cheaper initially, but you don't get any production software included in the box. Not to mention the cost of the operating system is significantly higher. For instance:
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade: $174.99 (NewEgg)
Mac OSX Lion Upgrade: $29.99 (App Store)
That cost alone adds $145 to the cost of being a PC owner, which you'll incur every 2-3 years if you wish to stay current (That adds up over time - Do the math) Not to mention the fact that if you want to do video editing, you need to find even more software to bring your Windows computer up to speed (Again another additional cost).
that's a nice bit of misdirection.
$30 for each version of OSX. really?
lets actually do the maths here and test your claim...
since the turn of the cenury there have been 3 versions of windows
windows XP, windows Vista and windows 7.
By my reconing, that's cost ~$525 (assuming that they all cost $175 -I don't know, I've not bought vista, I use 7 at work, and the version of XP I have is still a lingering MSDNAA license (so I've never personally paid for windows, but do use it legally.)
There have been 9 versions of OSX.
but they didn't all cost $30
the first Beta cost $30 (yes, you pay apple to beta test their software),
the first public release (cheetah) If I recall correctly was priced around the $150 mark? (on march 2001)
the upgrade to puma cost $130 (on September 2001)
Snow leopard still costs $70, with the upgrade costing $30
just those that I can actually remember or find prices for is $400.
in between then there were also jaguar, panther, tiger and leopard. lets say that they were all only $30 each, -because I don't remember the price. that's another $120...
so to own every version of windows since 2001 would cost you ~$525
to own every version of OSX since 2001 would cost you ~$520 (I haven't included the price of the beta software).
you'd have also had to upgrade a total of 7 times, (as opposed to 3)...
Also, I doubt that apple charged $130 for the upgrade to Puma and then thought that they'd drop the price to only $30 less than a year later. basically, I think that this interim upgrade would cost a lot more than $30, probably more realistically at the $100 mark, which actually makes the cost of the Mac software even more expensive!
Now, lets talk about Anti Virus software. Wait a minute, I've got a Mac and I don't have any... Running Windows without any anti virus software is suicide, which means you can download free software or pay $30-60/yr for "protection" (again another cost).
I don't run AV on any windows machine I've ever had, and I've never gotten a virus.
also in this day in age viruses for Macs are becoming more prevalent.
partly caused by the fact that worms just seemingly don't exist any more, only Trojans, and you can change the OS, but you can't change the user, people will still open those attachments that claim to be winning lottery tickets for the Spanish lottery or whatever -i.e. people are stupid and complacent. -the stupidest thing about those I'm a Mac and I never get a virus adverts is that it just helps to breed the complacency that's the biggest part of the problem.
Again, why Mac? It's simple, it works and gives me everything I need to get my job done.
And this is exactly what I like about Macs too.
The long and the short of it is that Macs are more expensive, but they are worth the money. it'll be interesting to see how the future pans out.
