Comments on: The used Mac market… There’s a sucker born every minute.

By: Used Macs?

Used Macs? — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:24:18 +0000

@macbigot – would you be willing to make a wager? We could just ask Wolfram|Alpha…

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By: usedmacfanboy

usedmacfanboy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:53:30 +0000

If you can afford one, you buy it. I’m amuzed by all of the cost justifications, but in the end most of us prefer something that works well and will pay more to to have it. It’s design well, runs well, and is retains more value if you ever resell.

Win is slipping in the consumer markets (IE7 anyone?) but still dominates in business software, but I can run that on that on my mac as needed (quicken, etc) as well as running it way FASTER than on a pc.

I guess the real test would be how many people switch back to pc? or even better, see what happens when you try to sell your used pc.

By: macbigot

macbigot — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:43:58 +0000

Judging by the number of whimpering mac fanboys rushing to the defense of the cheesy, hardware poor macs (few usb ports, no pc card of any kind, little ram), I think 1sucker/min is a little on low estimate.

By: Webterractive

Webterractive — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:09:59 +0000

I don’t blame the Mac users either I am sure they would like to get their money back for the expensive hardware they dropped it on. Can you image if Windows only ran on Microsoft Hardware?

By: Webterractive

Webterractive — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:08:40 +0000

Buying a Mac is the same as buying a PC. Except that when you can limit the hardware its not making things better or a better product its limiting the product. PCs of course are mass made and like American cars they loose their value. I would like to purchase a Mac, preferably used in order to recycle but some people think that you’re going to pay $1000+ or more for a “Refurbished” computer then just buying a new one. It doesn’t make sense to real world people but it does to Mac users.

By: JLRoberson

JLRoberson — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:39:11 +0000

“It’s funny though that there are two kinds of people; those who love and promote Macs, and those who tell you why they wouldn’t buy one. But there are never any people who love and promote PCs. :)”

There’s no need to. PCs aren’t a monolithic brand. They’re something you can make, repair, and upgrade yourself without having to be an IT person. My computer was built with parts acquired cheap on Ebay and works beautifully(and I use it for graphic/art work). And if something gets screwed up, I can replace the part cheaply again. I don’t have to think about resale. Oh, and I can be sure that just about every program I want will work on it.

I’ve worked with both. And Macs crash too. The difference is you don’t have to call in a tech to fix a PC.

Oh, and on the monopoly issue: Steve Jobs is one hell of a PR guy. How else do you reconcile that he controls not only the software but the hardware on Macs and nobody ever calls that a monopoly? And a tight, vertical, and incredibly profitable one too.

Manjoo is a starry-eyed idiot speaking from a position of overprivilege–just look at his recent article about Alice Waters. And I think Jobs paid him to write this article–or I would if it wasn’t the most feckless argument possible. A Mac’s worth is in what you get when you get rid of it? Uh…okay…

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By: Larry Borsato

Larry Borsato — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:39:52 +0000

I’ve never resold a computer either. I use them until they drop. But I pointed out that I did not pay a premium for my Macbook – I only buy laptops – but I would have because Macs are much better designed for users, and include all of the things that I really need.

That said, you should certainly stick to the products that work best for you. But if Macs actually help you work more effectively, as they do for me, then they are worth the price differential. A Chevy Cobalt and a Mercedes will both get you from point A to point B, but you pay more for the Mercedes for its design, comfort, and luxury. As I do for my Mac. PCs are functional; Macs are comfort and luxury.

It’s funny though that there are two kinds of people; those who love and promote Macs, and those who tell you why they wouldn’t buy one. But there are never any people who love and promote PCs. :)

By: Alec

Alec — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:05:59 +0000

Greg — I’m very much inclined to agree with you on that one. I, for one, have never sold a used PC. Have, on one or two occasions, bought them. One of them became an Asterisk PBX for a while, for example.