October 22nd 2009. The release date of Windows 7 and I’m pretty impressed. Generally, when we put new display models up on the shelves we do so without giving the machine a second thought. Just another piece of junk computer. Lately, though, everything we put out attracts the rest of the sales staff because right now every damn thing is pretty awesome. The Aussie dollar is powerful again and everything is cheap. With Vista slowly waving goodbye, an influx of cheap and very powerful machines the PC world is looking up. However…
On the same October day, our store was swiftly flooded with a tsunami of new model Apple iMacs and a 20% reduction in price across the board. Apple have countered the Windows 7 assault with a counter-offensive of their own in a technological Kursk. It’s game on but really the Macs offer nothing new except some cool looking 27″ iMacs and some very sharp pricing. Macs haven’t been overpriced for years but now they’re looking cheap, and I don’t mean in a bad way. Windows 7 has successfully bridged the gap with OSX. Not totally, but enough to stop the Vista bleed-out and put Microsoft back in the fight. I haven’t seen things this interesting in years.
So all this is now making the decision as to what to buy next really hard. The clear reasons to stay with Mac aren’t there any more but the cost of staying is now very attractive. But with Windows 7 I can get similar OS competence and maybe play some games. I’d miss Aperture though but I suppose I could go the new Adobe Elements which has been redesigned. If I buy a Sony Vaio, I get Adobe software included, a cool computer and I can control it with the PlayStation 3 XMenU bar. I can get rid of the iPods and go to a Walkman and if I ever got a Bravia everything integrates as well as an Apple system and possibly better. Hmmm…what to do.
Filed under: computers | Tagged: Apple, Mac, PC, Sony, Vaio, Windows 7
