I've been doing the dance for many years. I've flirted. I've been difficult. I've even taken an extended weekend. Now it's official ... I've replaced my PC with an iMac.
What caused this change?
To be honest, not one thing I can put my finger on. I'm sure that having an iPhone and and iPad helped. The fact that Mac products hold their value pretty well also helped. Right now, I could hardly give away my 3-year old, then top-of-the-line PC.
In the end, I think it was an interest in more use of OSX along with the idea of the upgrade window. I know ... this is one thing some people hate Apple for ... each year, they roll out a new product, making what you own no longer the "hot new thing." However ... let's compare iMacs to Dells. The new iMacs were just released. Given a standard upgrade window of 10-18 months, it will be quite a while before new features are introduced. The Dell, on the other hand, is upgraded with much less fanfare (at least, I don't hear about it). However, with every new chip, new hardware advancement, etc, Dell will sell it. Thus, in two months, the same Dell machine I would have purchased might not even be available in the configuration I purchased. With an iMac, the model year pretty much determines my machine. I know ... the old me says that this means lack of choice, but I'm trying to take the positive route and say that it means support should be that much easier.
I guess we'll see ....
2 comments:
I think you'll enjoy your new iMac. Apple puts together nice machines and it really doesn't obsolete itself as fast as one might think. Plus that happy new Sandy Bridge. Yum.
I've defintely been getting more jealous stares from friends than I ever did with any previous desktop PC. ;)
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