Comments on: My Daughter’s New College Computer… http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/ Empowering lawyers to anticipate the changes, realize the opportunities, face the challenges and embrace the expanding possibilities of the application of practice management concepts to the practice of law in innovative ways that provide service excellence. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: PC Arbor http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-88298 PC Arbor Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:23:43 +0000 http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/#comment-88298 We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently. Can't wait all these XP systems to start needing upgrades. Thanks for the post. We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently.

Can’t wait all these XP systems to start needing upgrades.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Luigi http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-87120 Luigi Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:00:04 +0000 http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/#comment-87120 Having written several articles about the Mac/PC debate, I figure the crux of the matter is this: Windows, lower INITIAL purchase price (not always, though) Mac, lower total cost of ownership Other notes: While I don't disparage the idea of installing a malware prevention suite, I have spoken with business owners who run Macs with no malware protection and have done so for as long as they've had Macs - decades in at least one case. The current version of OpenOffice works properly on the Mac so, to my understanding, NeoOffice is no longer necessary. Best of luck to your daughter! I wouldn't expect too many tech support calls from her, if I were you. Having written several articles about the Mac/PC debate, I figure the crux of the matter is this:

Windows, lower INITIAL purchase price (not always, though)

Mac, lower total cost of ownership

Other notes:

While I don’t disparage the idea of installing a malware prevention suite, I have spoken with business owners who run Macs with no malware protection and have done so for as long as they’ve had Macs – decades in at least one case.

The current version of OpenOffice works properly on the Mac so, to my understanding, NeoOffice is no longer necessary.

Best of luck to your daughter! I wouldn’t expect too many tech support calls from her, if I were you.

]]> By: admin http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-86408 admin Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:29:04 +0000 http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/#comment-86408 Greetings English: Good points..I think it comes down to cost/benefit. The cost of a Windows machine is less - true - but there is a both a carrying cost and hidden purchase costs of maintaining it (keeping it malware free, buying all the extra software that otherwise comes with a Mac etc) that has to be put into the equation. Some people do not value the time that they have to use to keep a PC system current and malware free. Or to buy the extra software that you need. That time, in my experience being in both worlds, is very much reduced when working on a Mac. So you are more productive. You also have a peace of mind factor to bring in as well. When the computer is literally thousands of miles away you have to also consider how you are going to deal with the inevitable glitch that occurs. At least with AppleCare, I can rely on their experts - in the PCWorld, I would be MUCH less comfortable. And my daughter can just take the MacBook into the nearest Apple store for help and repair. But I also realize that going to university is an expensive undertaking; some parents and kids simply may not have the ability to purchase a Mac. They, like many others, will jump to the PC, for having any laptop for school is better than not. In either case I wish them all well, for they are our future. Cheers, Dave Greetings English:

Good points..I think it comes down to cost/benefit.

The cost of a Windows machine is less – true – but there is a both a carrying cost and hidden purchase costs of maintaining it (keeping it malware free, buying all the extra software that otherwise comes with a Mac etc) that has to be put into the equation. Some people do not value the time that they have to use to keep a PC system current and malware free. Or to buy the extra software that you need. That time, in my experience being in both worlds, is very much reduced when working on a Mac. So you are more productive. You also have a peace of mind factor to bring in as well.

When the computer is literally thousands of miles away you have to also consider how you are going to deal with the inevitable glitch that occurs. At least with AppleCare, I can rely on their experts – in the PCWorld, I would be MUCH less comfortable. And my daughter can just take the MacBook into the nearest Apple store for help and repair.

But I also realize that going to university is an expensive undertaking; some parents and kids simply may not have the ability to purchase a Mac. They, like many others, will jump to the PC, for having any laptop for school is better than not. In either case I wish them all well, for they are our future.

Cheers,

Dave

]]> By: English http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-86404 English Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:37:47 +0000 http://thoughtfullaw.com/2009/08/08/my-daughters-new-college-computer/#comment-86404 You should have mentioned reasons NOT to purchase a PC. I would also have mentioned that the MAC is running a nearly 30 year vetted in corporate, industrial and military UNIX BSD-based machine running a nearly industrutable journaled file system. But the "why not a PC" angle would have been even more helpful. You must really give users in a down-trodden economy good reason to purchase the more expensive machine based on the headaches such a purchase will inevitably cause their student at University. Most PCs cost a fraction of the MACBook Pro and many come with built-in web cams, so telling people why such a purchase iwill cost them more intrinsically is critical. You made a great choice for your child. I just wish we all had UNIX-based systems rather than clap-trap PC serving only to increase margins in Redmond. You should have mentioned reasons NOT to purchase a PC. I
would also have mentioned that the MAC is running a nearly 30 year vetted in corporate, industrial and military UNIX BSD-based machine running a nearly industrutable journaled file system. But the “why not a PC” angle would have been even more helpful.

You must really give users in a down-trodden economy good reason
to purchase the more expensive machine based on the headaches
such a purchase will inevitably cause their student at University.

Most PCs cost a fraction of the MACBook Pro and many come with
built-in web cams, so telling people why such a purchase iwill cost
them more intrinsically is critical.

You made a great choice for your child. I just wish we all had UNIX-based
systems rather than clap-trap PC serving only to increase margins
in Redmond.

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