High Prices and Lack of Games - Main Reasons People Do Not Choose Apple Macintosh.

Published on 01-29-2011 02:10 AM

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Tech Savvy Users Continue to Prefer Windows PCs over Macintosh

A recently conducted survey among X-bit labs readers revealed the main reasons why users of Microsoft Windows-based personal computers do not transit to Apple Macintosh systems. Apparently, the higher cost of Macs as well as the absence of the majority of PC video games on Mac platform are the two main reasons for people why people do not given Macintosh even a try.
Apple Macintosh computers have traditionally been more expensive than the majority of Windows-based systems and their prices is the main concern of PC enthusiasts. Other main reasons are lack of PC games, lack of choice of peripherals and impossibility to upgrade easily, as well as absence of newest technologies (e.g., Blu-ray, USB 3.0, modern graphics cards) worsened by inability to configure Macs during initial purchase.
The results of the survey show that for a lot of people the choice of PC hardware and software is very important and they will not give these things up in favour of Apple Macintosh. The majority of Macs cannot be reconfigured and there are not a lot of innovative peripherals for those systems available directly from Apple. Moreover, it is uneasy to upgrade Macs. Apparently, the company simply does not want to give its customers any choice of hardware so to minimize its costs and maximize profitability.

Sales of Apple Macintosh computers have been growing in the recent years, despite of tepid welcome by PC enthusiasts. One of the main reasons for that is halo effect caused by popular iPhone and iPad gadgets by consumers.
The survey was carried out in January, 2011. Around 1200 readers of PC-hardware oriented X-bit labs web-site answered the question "What stops you from transiting from Windows PC to Apple Macintosh?"

Source: Xbit Labs

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bobbintb - 01-29-2011, 02:35 AM
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Apparently, the company simply does not want to give its customers any choice ~~of hardware so to minimize its costs and maximize profitability.~~

they dont want to give you any choice. apple locks down everything. not only the lack of games but my fav apps. any doing that virtual app shit is just a work around.

Tarom - 01-29-2011, 02:45 AM
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What stops you from transiting from Windows PC to Apple Macintosh?" - Apple Macintosh.

Sporkk - 01-29-2011, 04:02 AM
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Microsoft has long been portrayed as the evil rich monopoly. While that may be true somewhat I would rather have them in charge than apple.

Now a lot of people use a ipad or iphone instead of a pc. Hopefully android can take on apple in this area even though the itouch/pad is vastly better than most of the android hardware I have tried.

Xbox_360 - 01-29-2011, 06:20 AM
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Apple could easily even the score if they ever opened up there OS to run on any PC. I can't see how Apple says a closed system is better then an open one. I guess it gives them a reason to say Windows and other OS's are unstable or unreliable, which is just complete bunk in the first place. They just like making you pay a high price for a system you could get on the PC side for half if not less, yes there computers are more 'sleek' looking but who cares I'm not gonna pay double just for a nice case.

brilman - 01-29-2011, 04:04 PM
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IBM was the one that opened up everything back before the 8088 chip. To this day I still don't understand why Apple keeps its systems closed. Is Apple a great OS? ya I think so (I'm a pc man myself) but why a closed system?