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Originally Posted by stevepaa
not really. I never knew of accessories for Wintel machines that would not connect to a MAC. What accessory was it?
Repairs are virtually non existant on a MAC and easily done if needed. Except for recently, Wintel machines were basically a piece of crap. The back room was full of hardware that broke down, monitors that crapped out, etc within a year of getting the newest 386 machines. That is when I bought my first MAC and it lasted years longer than the 386 was ever used at work. BTW, I first started programming in 1965.
Short term thinking led many to buy wintel machines.
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Steve, respectfully, for most of the Mac's lifetime, software availability was MAYBE 10% of that available for a PC. Second, I don't know what kind of machines you were buying. I was in the network business for about 12 years & laser printer supplies & service for another 15. PCs are reliable. A power supply here & there, maybe HD or a video card, but that's about it. Don't tell me Macs don't have these problems. I know better.
If now, Mac has made what amounts to a PC & put their operating system on it, hurray for them. That doesn't make up for 20 yrs of such severe limitations & gross overpricing. Don't believe me? Look at the market. Apple doesn't have 5% by accident.