Why don't PC users buy Macintosh?

[MacLuv]

I need you help. Whatever you know, think, hear, or feel about why PC users don't buy Apple products, please post your comments on this thread. It could be anything. Duplicate opinions are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

[Dusky]

simple...... "macs suck". LOL That's all the PC users can say about. Immature freaks, of course...

Oh... I meant to call "immature freaks" only those who make the statement "macs suck" and expect that statement to win them the argument. Had to make that clarification...

[edX]

like in duplicate to all the reasons given in countless other threads around this site?

you mean like cost, games, ignorance, poor point of sales availabilty, they want some BIG MHZ to overcompensate with, can't figure out a simpler GUI, and better warez selection on pc's? you mean like those?

[Giaguara]

Here some reasons i have heard and that are common outside usa:

-"Macs are for stupid people that can0t use computers"

-i have heard this less since OS X was relesased


-"You can't find any software / any illegal software for Macs"

-hey: all major graphic apps such as photoshop and freehand ARE for macs!! besides - there are over 6000 apps that are for OS X or work there. i have found anything i ever imagined about and even more for macs. if you hear this excuse, show them versiontracker
-but true for viruses: for most viruses you can't find the mac equivalent..


-"the tech support.."

-Hey, if i have a prob with an app i use, i send an email to programmer! normally i get an answer how to solve it within minutes, hours or by the next day. This NEVER happened when using windows


-"99% use windows"

-not true. lets say macs are 1-5% depending where you are. most graphics are done in macs. web design etc are better in macs. and for more 'casual users' there are always more and more who go to linux .. and then maybe to mac


-"pcs are cheaper"

-true. but calcolate you use the computer for the next 3-4 years? do you want a cheap or a stable computer? do you want a huge GHz that you notice on your electirity bills or something that uses better its sources? etc etc etc.

i'll continue tomorrow if i remember some other rants-

[cellfish]

Well as a user of a very fast PC and an iBook, I think I can easily answer this:

- Macs are slow (no denying that, don't try)
- All hardware upgrades are either too expensive or impossible on the Mac
- No games selection
- No variety in the valuable software available
- No drivers for even the most popular of hardware
- No sure-fire DivX playback

[Sogni]

In my case, it was misguided hatred (towards the Mac II? The one with the tiny b/w monitor) after having used a "better" PC (color with "HUGE" monitor)...

But aside from that, now - mostly cuz they thing higher MHZ speed will make them more productive ("Macs are slow"), and Windows is all they know (talk about an abusive relationship! "Yeah he abuses me and we swear at eachother all the time, but I love Bill Gates" ).

[Sogni]

Originally posted by cellfish
Well as a user of a very fast PC and an iBook, I think I can easily answer this:

- Macs are slow (no denying that, don't try)
- All hardware upgrades are either too expensive or impossible on the Mac
- No games selection
- No variety in the valuable software available
- No drivers for even the most popular of hardware
- No sure-fire DivX playback

I must disagree with all your points - as a owner of 5 PCs - 3 of which are Windows, and a tech with 2 towers and a laptop - all Windows PCs belonging to clients that I'm currently fixing, and one Mac (Dual G4 Tower)... but you said you didn't want to hear it so...

[Gnomo]

Originally posted by Tormente
talk about an abusive relationship! "Yeah he abuses me and we swear at eachother all the time, but I love Bill Gates" ).

And to think that PC people claim that Mac users are the masochists.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56575,00.html