Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IBM's IT guy

Re:Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IB... by freehunter on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:44PM (#12764572)

But going camping with your laptop shouldn't kill it. Dropping it off a cliff should (and would even with a MacBook).

Just because it would have killed a worse laptop doesn't mean the MacBook is especially durable. I'd say the durability of the MacBook is exactly what you should expect from a laptop, and others are just particularly bad.

Which is awful because basically the most durable mainstream laptop on the market meets my definition of "exactly average".

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Re:Macs are 3 times cheaper to own than Windows PCs, says IB... by tibbon on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:50PM (#12764632)

I think moving to fewer moving parts helps for some things. I no longer worry about magnets, hard drive heads, removable media, or even fans on some machines. So it feels overall that things are getting better, but I've been on Apple hardware for 15 years now.

I agree, things should be a bit better. I'm hoping that some of the IP67 dust/water resistance from phones trickles over to laptops soon.

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