Comments on: Apple Refreshes iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook & Added Magic Mouse http://lesterchan.net/blog/2009/10/21/apple-refreshes-imac-mac-mini-macbook-added-magic-mouse/ Lester Chan's Website | lesterchan.net Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Canh http://lesterchan.net/blog/2009/10/21/apple-refreshes-imac-mac-mini-macbook-added-magic-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-9262 Canh Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:06:32 +0000 http://lesterchan.net/?p=1568#comment-9262 Apple product are greet, but too expensive! Apple product are greet, but too expensive!

]]> By: Lester Chan http://lesterchan.net/blog/2009/10/21/apple-refreshes-imac-mac-mini-macbook-added-magic-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-9258 Lester Chan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:09:05 +0000 http://lesterchan.net/?p=1568#comment-9258 Jerr: I agreed with you on the frustration part, been through that with my computer's graphics card, my brother's graphics card hard drive and my gf motherboard! Jerr: I agreed with you on the frustration part, been through that with my computer’s graphics card, my brother’s graphics card hard drive and my gf motherboard!

]]> By: Jeff http://lesterchan.net/blog/2009/10/21/apple-refreshes-imac-mac-mini-macbook-added-magic-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-9257 Jeff Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:48:19 +0000 http://lesterchan.net/?p=1568#comment-9257 Everybody knows about Moore's Law. Not everybody knows about the corollary to Moore's Law, which can be phrased as "The system you want will always cost X thousand dollars". My value of X (in USD) has been around 5 for the last 20 years or so. I just specced out my three fave systems (in Sing dollars): iMac, properly configured: S$4,784.60. Mac Pro: S$6,771.89. MacBook Pro: $4,988.60, for a fantasy shopping spree grand total of S$16,545.09. My wallet feels so much lighter, I think it just achieved orbit. The only thing more expensive than buying a Mac is buying and maintaining a Windows PC - if your time is worth anything at all (not to mention frustration). Similarly-specced Windows server/desktop/notebook would run about $9-10K - with ~20 hours per month of maintenance work. At $50/hour, <b>the Macs pay for themselves in that regard within SIX MONTHS.</b> Much less, if you count the improved productivity and lower stress that comes from the Mac experience. (I say this after 20 years of developing for and managing large installations of Windows systems; I've measured my productivity during the last 2 years with a Mac, and it's <i>3x</i> my productivity with Windows.) Everybody knows about Moore’s Law. Not everybody knows about the corollary to Moore’s Law, which can be phrased as “The system you want will always cost X thousand dollars”. My value of X (in USD) has been around 5 for the last 20 years or so.

I just specced out my three fave systems (in Sing dollars): iMac, properly configured: S$4,784.60. Mac Pro: S$6,771.89. MacBook Pro: $4,988.60, for a fantasy shopping spree grand total of S$16,545.09. My wallet feels so much lighter, I think it just achieved orbit.

The only thing more expensive than buying a Mac is buying and maintaining a Windows PC – if your time is worth anything at all (not to mention frustration). Similarly-specced Windows server/desktop/notebook would run about $9-10K – with ~20 hours per month of maintenance work. At $50/hour, the Macs pay for themselves in that regard within SIX MONTHS. Much less, if you count the improved productivity and lower stress that comes from the Mac experience. (I say this after 20 years of developing for and managing large installations of Windows systems; I’ve measured my productivity during the last 2 years with a Mac, and it’s 3x my productivity with Windows.)

]]> By: sleepy http://lesterchan.net/blog/2009/10/21/apple-refreshes-imac-mac-mini-macbook-added-magic-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-9255 sleepy Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:23:28 +0000 http://lesterchan.net/?p=1568#comment-9255 uh~ uh~ buy again! uh~ uh~ buy again!

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