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<blockquote data-quote="Eduard" data-source="post: 34036" data-attributes="member: 986">At first blush Apple products do seem more expensive. Since I use both Mac and PC products, let me make a comparison for you to consider. I have a MacBook that I use for most of my home (e.g. photography) activities. I purchased a refurbed model (2.4 GHz Dual Core 2 Duo) for around US$800. It just went out of 3 year warranty and is going strong. On one of my trips I over-packed a backpack bringing gifts home and chipped the keyboard. Took it to the Apple store and it was replaced in 20 minutes at no cost.I'm a business consultant. Because I want to keep my business activities separated for tax purposes, I purchased a refurbed ThinkPad X201 (i5 processor). The cost of that machine was almost US$900. The titanium case and docking station are awesome. I've used this machine on 3 continents, every day without fail. My point in this comment is that on business class equipment that you can rely on - not the $300-$400 consumer crap - prices are pretty comparable between Apple and first tier PC vendors. Throw in the reasonable warranty costs and ease of repair on Apple products and the argument gets fuzzier. Honestly, if I could run Mac OS X on my ThinkPad (with Office 2010) my computing experience would be perfect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 34036, member: 986"] At first blush Apple products do seem more expensive. Since I use both Mac and PC products, let me make a comparison for you to consider. I have a MacBook that I use for most of my home (e.g. photography) activities. I purchased a refurbed model (2.4 GHz Dual Core 2 Duo) for around US$800. It just went out of 3 year warranty and is going strong. On one of my trips I over-packed a backpack bringing gifts home and chipped the keyboard. Took it to the Apple store and it was replaced in 20 minutes at no cost. I'm a business consultant. Because I want to keep my business activities separated for tax purposes, I purchased a refurbed ThinkPad X201 (i5 processor). The cost of that machine was almost US$900. The titanium case and docking station are awesome. I've used this machine on 3 continents, every day without fail. My point in this comment is that on business class equipment that you can rely on - not the $300-$400 consumer crap - prices are pretty comparable between Apple and first tier PC vendors. Throw in the reasonable warranty costs and ease of repair on Apple products and the argument gets fuzzier. Honestly, if I could run Mac OS X on my ThinkPad (with Office 2010) my computing experience would be perfect. [/QUOTE]

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