Is it worth the money Mac?

TG Daily raised the question whose answer is known, deep down every computer enthusiast - ... The official reason for this was an interesting initiative of PsyStar, which can start selling Mac- devices are much cheaper. In essence, businessmen just put OS X on a cheap computer with a processor from Intel, and attach to this hybrid of a price tag of $ 399. It's pretty cheap, compared to $ 2,800 for the Power Mac and iMac for $ 1200. Of course, Apple's machines boast higher performance, but even this does not explain why the cost is so high.

Experts suggest it is an obvious explanation - the 15-20% mark-up we get only what is drawn on the body of the very ... Let's try to understand what we get for the extra money?.

The minimalist design, the set of all unique, user-friendly, but not too important features not available on PC, Mac OS X, which successfully overcomes Windows in terms of ease of. As a bonus, the owner of the model of Apple feels a sense of belonging to some higher class of personal computers. In the words of fellow TG Daily, « you buy more exciting than most cold- PC».

Whether it is necessary to spread these benefits more money? . At the same time, the faithful adherent of PC, which has never worked with Mac, says that Apple is simply robbing people, selling design. The author argues that even if the U.S. company does so, it did not in this alone. Today to sell a car, cooking utensils, or the player should not just operate with higher performance, but also to wrap this whole electronics in an attractive outer wrapper. The same applies to the interface. Unfortunately, computer enthusiasts are fewer. Not everyone wants to mess around in the Windows settings. Everything has to start working with the first connected to the outlet.

We will not repeat the Western author and say only that in this case, everyone must decide for themselves what is more important. Anyway, the only right decision in such cases there is no.