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Originally Posted by fastdruid
At one point apple were (partly) justified in prices for their 'PC', they were not 'IBM compatible' but Motorola/Power based. Different hardware, different OS.
Now they are just IBM compatible hardware but with a custom bios and some checks to make sure no one runs their OS.
I'd give OSX a try (and I would buy it if I liked it) but I'm not paying *waay* over the odds for standard (if pretty) PC hardware.
Druid
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I used to run Linux and Windows, until I bought a Mac for Mrs Wyrdness. I thought that I'd carry on my existing PCs, but found that I was using the Mac for everything. I much prefer OS X to either Linux or Windows, and that's coming from a former Linux nut.
The main downside is that Apple hardware is expensive. However, it hardly depreciates. I've just sold a Mac laptop on Ebay for only £60 less than I bought it for three years ago. Try doing that with a three year old PC laptop. Despite (or maybe because of) the initial high prices, total cost of ownership of Macs is actually lower than PCs.
So from my point of view, I'm getting the best operating system, plus lower overall cost.