[sdiy] OT: new Dell Support Center

[Scott]

Yes, windows has its problems, and yes the OEM's like Dell and HP, etc,
compound those problems w/ their own software.  
BUT, the reason you don't hear about as many issues on Mac's is because
not as many people own them!  I run an IT consulting firm, and I have
just as many problems with Mac's as I do w/ pc's.  EXACTLY the same
amount of trouble.  I have more PC problems on a daily basis, but
that's' because about 75% of the computers at my clients are PC's
Mac's are good if you want less choices to deal with.  If you want to
use what they came w/ and not put much more thought into it than that,
Mac's are your ticket.  
If you like to play with computers, upgrade them w/ whatever you feel
like, use them in a complex network, PC's are for you.

PC's are also easier to service when they do have issues, because there
is such a wealth of info out there about them.  Mac's have a bit of a
closed society, when it comes to hardware repair. (tho that is changing
now w/ the intel macs)

Don't buy into the marketing!  Know the facts.  PC's and Mac's and just
about every modern electronic appliance all have about the same rate of
failure.
And don't buy a Dell or HP or ANYTHIGN you can find at best buy (unless
it's a laptop... they your choices are limited).  Find a local computer
company and have them build a machine to your specifications.  It will
come w/ NO extra bloatware and will be compatible w/ any upgrades you
want to do in the future because there will be no proprietary hardware.

Also, from my experience, "total cost of ownership" is higher on Mac's.
Just about any kid on the street can repair a PC.  Mac's need to go to
the extraordinarily overpriced mac store to be repaired.

This message is starting to seem quite PC biased, so I'll say again...
Mac's are great if you just want to use them as they are.  I got one for
my wife and for sitting on the couch browsing the web, she couldn't be
happier.
Personally, I never even have my PC case closed because I'm always
popping in and out cards to try new things.  I'm not happy unless I have
a new component in the machine at least monthly :)


-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Veronica
Merryfield
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:05 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: new Dell Support Center

Last September I decided that my aging HP laptop needed replacing. At
that 
point I had a desktop and laptop windows xp machines. I wanted to get 
something that would last, that I could do some serious music stuff with
and 
that I could use for work (hardware and sotware development) and play.
After 
much researching I got to a short list of a top ASUS or a macbook pro. I

decided to go mac and decided to spent the extra and extend the spec. I
am 
so pleased I made that move. I run VMware to use windows and linux plus
I 
have a native unix (BSD) to do stuff with too. I have just added a
macmini 
with external 500G raid as a server and that is going well too.

I have also had the dubious pleasure of upgrading various friends new 
machines to XP and gone through the pain of hunting down drivers. Seems
to 
me that Dell, HP etc have the advantage of low purchase price but as
someone 
pointed out to me, the current macs have a lower total cost of
ownership, 
and not just monatary cost.

Veronica 

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