Innovative Technology has a guest appearance on MPT

Jeff Salkin, News Anchor, Maryland Public TelevisionMPT's Jeff Salkin has Innovative Technology's founder, Robert Wray, on his show tonight to discus Microsoft's Windows 7 and Apple's Mac OS. Tune in or call to ask questions at 7:30 Direct Connection with Jeff Salkin



On today's MPT show we plan to talk about Windows 7 and it's true value beyond the marketing glitz. We also might talk a little bit about the forever raging debate of a mac vs. a PC. Here are some of my thoughts on both:

 

Windows 7 upgrade? My thoughts can be broken down into a few points.

  • If it ain' t broken, don't fix it.
  • Windows 7 is certainly not worth more than 50$
  • If you love the latest and greatest buy it! Consider the family pack discount for 150$. This upgrades up to 3 computers @ 50$ each.
  • If you qualify, take advantage of the 29$ student discount before January 3, 2010.
  • Consider the 50$ upgrade for your old PC if you buy a second PC

Mac Vs. PC

  • You almost always get an amazing product with Apple. They have great customer service and stand behind their work.
  • Apple upgrades and repairs are often prohibitively expensive out of warranty.
  • If you buy an apple, the decision is greatly simplified
  • With proper research and hunting, a PC can offer an amazing value.
  • PC World did a great side by side comparison of the two operating systems
  • Apple only charged 29$ for their OS upgrade called "Snow Leopard"
  • Take a look at a side by side comparison of a current PC deal vs. an Apple mac book which never go on sale


PC - Lenovo (formally IBM Thinkpad) Apple MacBook
$549.99 $1,000
Screen 14" 13"
Processor 2.20GHz core 2 duo 2.26GHz core 2 duo
Memory 4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz 2 GB
Hard Drive 320GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM 250 GB
Optical Drive DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) 8d dual layer
Wireless Wireless 802.11n Wireless 802.11n
Bluetooth Bluetooth Bluetooth
Weight 4.63 lbs 4.7 lbs
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Mac OSX
Battery 4.5 hours 7 hours

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