So I stumbled across and article about the new comercials that Microsoft has been playing for pc.( http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=136731 ) It discusses how ever since macs commercials have been out the sell of macs has increased and pc’s went down. Well now pc’s are going back up do to consumer actually looking at the price and what they are getting. Sometimes I am just really surprised how Mac has been able to stay in the race. Just to start off no I do not hate Mac I just also have the same issue with the pricing. Yes as much as i hate to say it but if I was into more of the graphics field I would definetly aim more towards the mac. The chip structure allows for better rendering than a pc. They do also have some neat software that is not available for the pc but thats where it stops for me. Its just not price effective at $1700 for something that I can and have bought with better processing power and memory for $800 last October with a larger screen. (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?afid=p202|GOUSE100392048&cid=OAS-US-KWG-CPUMacBookPro-US, found on : June 14, 2009 )
I know this sounds like a rant but I am getting close to my point. I know Microsoft Vista definitly did not help their image just the same as Microsoft Bob.
yes a smiley face with glasses thank you Melinda Gates
But why does Mac just give in a create a version of Mac os for the pc. They already started using the Intel processor a few years back. I know there is that whole thing that vista ran better on a Mac but when it comes to price it changes the way consumers will view a product. This past semester a fellow student to a $300 netbook and was able to turn it into a mac. It took him a little finecing to get it to install but once he did it looked like a mac ran like a mac he just decided to through an old Apple sticker on top of it. I think Mac would be way more successful if they sold netbooks and notebooks like this. Yeah they can still offer there hardware. There is always someone out there who will still want to buy or have the money to. Especilly if it where for some form of graphics,music, video editing. Look at alienware even though they are expensive and believe me they are. They still sell product for their target demograph.
So now on to my next point I have been testing Windows 7 and I actually find it a good product that microsoft should have just waited and released instead of vista. The great thing if mac had an x86 version than people could dual boot the systems and depending on their needs could run the system that they want or the system of choice if they would choose that option. Well for right now i have to get back to work but understand that these are just some of my opinions and they should not be taken as life or death and that I do not speak for Mac or Windows.
