The question was not about monetary value but longevity. (the Mac costs
a lot more to begin with). For longevity compare a top end Lenovo with
a Mac even though the Lenovo still costs less.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/29/2010 7:40 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> You bet. The public education system here leases laptops to teachers
> at a very low rate, slightly higher for a Mac. They swap them out at
> 3 years when you can buy it if you wish. A three year old ASUS is
> worth, well, bugger all. A three year old iBook still has some value.
> You can't argue with accountants. They know what things are worth.
> Andrew Fildes afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 30/09/2010, at 6:09 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>>>
>>> . . . oh, and the fact that the average Apple machine will last
>>> a couple of years longer than a Winders equivalent (but does that
>>> mean that I have to keep it longer to prove that? ;-))
>>
>> Got any proof of that? I thought not. :-)
>
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