--- Mike Beggs <M.Beggs at econ.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
> to ditch Windows. But I've never seen Macs as a
> better option because of
> the expense and the fact that you're tied to
> proprietary hardware as
> well as software. Linux on a PC is in my opinion the
[WS:] THat is my impression too - Mac seems to me an overpriced gadget owing his reptation mainly too its maketing of "coolness" rather than technology, which I understand is on a par with a PC if not inferior.
So as I see the choice is not between technologies but between appearances and perceptions - a marketing gimmick vs a monopolist. Pick your poison.
I stay with the PC mainly for economic reasons - PCs are way cheaper than Macs for comparable technologies (or perchaps use-value created by these technologies), and I can get free software from work.
As to the alternative OS (linux etc.) I hear it is good for computer geeks who are more excited about the enrails of heir machines than actually using these machines to the real-wold tasks. In other words, high transaction costs for those who are not computer savvy enough to tweak their own operating systems proficiently (that includes me).
Wojtek
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