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Originally Posted by Kate
The only reason motherboards are so cheap for a PC is because so many of them fail, they can be churned out like liquorice allsorts. How many times have you heard of a Mac's motherboard failing?
Why would the average person need to use SmartStamp? Me, I support my local post office and hope it won't get axed, that way I actually get a parcel receipt to claim on in case anything gets lost.
And as of now I haven't found any bits of hardware that I'd need a driver for which isn't already installed - so no, those points don't answer my question they just raise a few more. 
Yes, in design they leave PCs waiting at the bus stop, but the highly-priced claim doesn't hold water. You can certainly get cheap emachines and others of that ilk, but go for a high spec PC and you will shed just as many pounds/dollars as you would spend on a Mac.
Only thing that worries me is if Windows brings its favourite blue screen along with it...
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I've never had a PC MB fail on me and I've been building my own PCs since the 80's, you get what you pay for with MBs so it's alway worth spending a little more to get a quality one. No one ever hears about Mac MBs failing because when a Mac dies there's not much point investigating the cause of it because there's not a lot you can do about it.
Anyone who uses the post a lot could benefit from using SmartStamp (Don't forget this is an eCommerce forum
). Before I started using it I used to have to queue in the PO for 20mins then stand there while all the packages were weighed and stamped which could often take another 10-20mins, while this was happening I'd have to put up with snide comments and dirty looks from everyone stuck behind me. When I started using SmartStamp I could print the stamps off in a batch, stick them on the respective packages then drop them off in a bag at the PO. Up to 40mins a day was saved six days a week. At Christmas this saving could be an hour or more a day. If you value your time then SmartStamp is the smart way to do it.
I can name two pieces of H/W off the top of my head that I own that you can't get drivers for on a Mac, My PIC chip programmer and my Plotter Cutter, there's probably more that won't work but I can't be bothered to look them up for the sake of this thread,
As for cost against performance, I think the Gadget show demonstration showed that you just don't get the same performance per pound from a Mac, I could probably find the clip on YouTube if you still doubt me Of course you can get cheap Macs as Nick can verify, I gave him one for free! I wouldn't have done the same with one of my PCs!
You mention the famous BSOD, well you're a bit behind the times, that went out with Win98/ME.
You can use a Mac for making pretty pictures and the odd video clip but if you want to use your computer for much more than that then you're better off with a PC.
Don't get me wrong, I still think MS sucks but you've got to look at the practical side of things.