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Originally Posted by AdultKing
How long would you be running one then ?
We still have some 24" Core 2 Duo iMac's in the office which we bought in 2006, we might get another year or so out of them. That's 7 or 8 years. They run OS X pretty well, a couple even do video tasks. No need to replace them.
My old Powerbook, which I got 6 years out of, is still running with someone else, it's only running Leopard so might be retired this year. It's an almost 9 year old machine is great condition. The only reason that will be retired is because it wont run Lion (G4 Processor as opposed to Intel in the current Macs).
I still think when you factor in the high cost of Windows and the high cost of support in the business world, you're not that far behind in cost buying a Mac over a Windows PC.
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I've never kept a box for more than 3 years. Not because anything failed, but because I like having newer and faster hardware. I likely won't upgrade this box for a while though as it has quite enough power already, but even if I kept this exact hardware set up for 10 years, I still wouldn't come close to saving money on a Mac pro with the same specs from the cost of upgrading windows.
Oh, and about that high cost of support.. yeah, I've never needed to contact microsoft for support, ever. But then, I only use windows for gaming anyway... and I'm not suggesting at all the Windows OS is better than OS X because it's not.