I sometimes get into [ahem] conversations about the relative merits of paying the premium for Apple hardware, versus staying with PC. It’s a lot less of an issue now than it was five years ago, as Mac-o-philes have grown more tolerant of the PC format now that their hardware is essentially a PC with a bit of Steve Jobs’ “New Apple Smell” on it. I saw the graphic below – and it just made me laugh. Partly because it’s a bit absurd – and partly because there’s an aspect of truth to it.
The wedge described as “Cost of downtime for designers, engineers, and software writers who sit at their desks in awe of what they just created” and “‘Just because we can’ charge (Fanboy Fee)” are my favorites. Now that I look at it – I’m surprised that there’s not a large wedge of this pie graph dedicated to those silly Mac vs. PC ads.
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