knee-jerk 90

[Viktoras Didziulis]

EU, Lithuania, but the situation is actually similar in other European
countries except Scandinavia where Macs are slightly more popular. But even
there, when I asked my Finish partner if they have any Mac for testing, he
replied that it would be quite hard to find one because they do not have any
at the University... The price difference here may be not because of the
pricing policy of Apple but because our European taxation systems and
attitude of resellers towards Macs. Here Mac prices start where PC prices
reach their top at about 5000 Lt (~1500 Eur). But things seem to be changing
quite rapidly. 10 years ago price difference between a laptop PC in
Lithuania and in Germany for example was 4:1 because of resellers and taxes
(yes - we had to pay 4 times more!). Luckily, now this is not a case anymore
 and all sorts of PCs are even cheaper comparing with our neighbors because
of very high competition rates. Same was with mobile phones, and now we have
the lowest service prices for mobiles in the EU, 100% country coverage and
in average 2 devices per person in use. Same happens with High speed
internet, G3 and mobile internet services, HD TV and possibly Macs will get
much cheaper very soon. 
 
On the other hand it is quite complicated to compare Mac and PC. You may be
interested in discussion at: 
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2004/05/mac_vs_pc_a_small_cost_compari
html 
 
All the best! 
Viktoras 
 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Sarah Reichelt 
Date: 2007.02.02 01:06:24 
To: How to use Revolution 
Subject: Re: knee-jerk 90 
 
Where do you live Viktoras? Here in Australia the "Macs are more 
expensive" myth has been debunked for years now, provided one compares 
machines with similar specs. 
 
As an amusing sideline to this thread, CNET is running a poll asking 
when people plan to switch to Vista: 
<http://news.com.com/Vista+steals+the+show/2100-1016_3-6154632.html> 
 
The poll is still open, but here are the results to date: 
 
How soon do you plan to move to Microsoft's latest OS? 
I'm sticking with the Mac--or moving there soon. 50.8% 
Windows XP is going to last me a good, long time. 20.9% 
Whenever I buy my next PC. 20.8% 
I'm standing in line right now to buy it. 7.5% 
Total votes: 13540 
 
Cheers, 
Sarah