[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Igottago

I dunno about that. Last year I bought a Macbook. With it, I was able to record an album, create a website for the release, and do a lot of the additional visual/graphical elements involved with the projects with the built in suite of software that comes with the Mac. With a Windows PC, while the bottom line price for the machine may have been cheaper, by the time I add in a recording software package, a website creating package, and some other photo/video editing software, how much would I be looking at? Probably well over the cost of the Mac. Sure, when you look at straight specs the Macs might seem expensive, but theres a lot of additional value in the software that comes with it. IMO.

I don't think it is an innacurate observation to say that many Windows users choose that platform because it is easier to pirate all of that software.