Comments on: The "Apple tax"

By: justin lig tv

justin lig tv — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:14:50 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:38:19 +0000

I tried Ubuntu and Mac OS. But man! i've been using windows for more than 10 years. Change is getting really hard, So i just got back to Windows based OS /b/

By: JSG

JSG — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:48:10 +0000

“I like OS X. I like using Macs. I’m glad to pay a little extra for that.”

Fair enough. Most people like Windows. Most people like using PCs. I’m glad to pay a little extra for that.

So next time some moron brings up their “Microsoft Tax” idioticy, please beat them to death with a whiffle bat. Granted, it’s primarily freetards who loves Teh Lunix, so it should only take a few hits.

By: Geekaholic: A Feistier Microsoft

Geekaholic: A Feistier Microsoft — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:22:59 +0000

[...] tax (which was later proven wrong by many technology writers with their own comparison stints, and aptly replied to by Dan Lyons). If you read that article carefully, you’ll see that Apple never entered the discussion [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:44:55 +0000

The more annoying thing than the tax is the slower rate at which Macs update. I see the newer Intel Processors coming to Wintel boxes a lot quicker, the higher L2 Cache ones, faster clock speeds, etc. Dell is passing out those new processors days after Intel official releases it, with Macs you have to wait for it to trickle down.

The thing I always hate about buying Macs is you buy the computer because you need it it now, or in my case because one of the researchers at the lab needs it now, knowing you’re buying already dated equipment buy paying brand new prices for it.

By: Phil Belena

Phil Belena — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:29:10 +0000

It is like comparing an Acura to a Geo.

By: webster

webster — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:48:22 +0000

Strip a Mac down and look at the parts. Same as a PC. Made in the same chinese factories as a PC. From the same intel reference designs as a PC. Hardware wise a Mac == a PC. There is no dispute, it’s a fact. So why the price differential? Apple’s case costs are at least double the cost of a case for a PC. You pay for the Case, and a Mac OS X premium (which costed out is a little more than the vista/xp tax.

There’s no debate. Enclosures and Mac OS X are what you pay the extra money for. And for every example outside of the notebook space (where you really cannot build your own) where you show a PC that costs more I can show you a DIY machine that costs hundreds of dollars less. Most PC notebooks are hundreds of dollars cheaper than their equiv mac counterpart.

As for virus software bumping up the cost. Macs have virus software, and it’s becoming increasing needed with malware and other exploits affecting Mac OS X (Apple try to issue security updates to cover known exploits as do Microsoft). Microsoft Windows Live Onecare is pretty cost effective for $50 you can cover 3 PCs.

I wrote this on a Mac. I choose to have PCs and Macs at home. Macs are for people who like to judge a book by it’s cover. I can get the Macintosh computer’s with a friend’s Apple employee discount, but even with the 15% friends and family discount they still cost more than a PC.

As for iLife. Windows Media Center does most of iLife (not really sure how many people actually use GarageBand) and adds a whole lot more with respect to watching broadcast TV. Windows Moviemaker will do what iMovie does. the Zune 3.0 software is actually a step up from iTunes which is looking rather stale after nearly 10 years with the same tired interface.

It’s horses for courses. Some people like BMWs even though there are cheaper cars with better specs.

Objectively, as an ex-apple employee who drank the gatorade for more than a decade, I see no real advantage to Macs, they just cost more.

By: MacRaiser

MacRaiser — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:10 +0000

That was not the point. The tax is about using -Windows- on a Mac; not about using -OS X- on a Mac. Actually Macintosh is nothing more than a PC machine, with a different OS, and most of Mac people use Windows more and more, with bootcamp and/or virtualizers. So OS X is going slowly to tranform himself into a Windows front end. That’s THE point, Dan.

By: Cracker Kevin

Cracker Kevin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:11:15 +0000

That’s funny, I thought a “tax” was when the government confiscates my money and uses it to buy banks and bad mortgages.

By: SDC

SDC — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:22:23 +0000

Yeh. Those of us using Macs pay a little extra, but don’t end up with that horrifying Harry Chapin realization when we’re in the nursing home that our child grew up while we were dicking around trying to get Windows to behave.