I have to agree. Many might disagree, but Windows still reliably manages to make me hate computers. And I generally liked ‘em enough to study CS.
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You should not have to have an advanced knowledge in coding to do average computer function thingies in the home or workplace.
Another thing to consider regarding TAX is just how much different it can be from country to country. Here in New Zealand, unless you are a business you generally dont have to fill out tax returns or file income tax. (If you are a business then you definitely do). If you are however just a general employee of a company all your income taxes are taken out of your wages when you get paid, so your pay is all after tax.
Now sales tax applies to everyone, if you buy from a business a 15% sales tax is automatically added to your purchase price. So you pay the tax when you buy the item.
Private sales between private individuals are different again. There is not tax on private sales between private individuals. Property though is a bit different and depends on how long you have had the property.
We also currently have no capital gains tax. Oh and you are not taxed on wealth (money in the bank) here in New Zealand only the interest.
Its a controversial topic at times as the whole wealth gap thing gets thrown around a lot and sometimes we get controversially thrown into the whole tax haven thing.
I know they were really cracking down recently on smaller businesses like private contractors doing jobs for cash and then not reporting their income for those jobs. The slang term for that here is "cashy" or under the table.
Now sales tax applies to everyone, if you buy from a business a 15% sales tax is automatically added to your purchase price. So you pay the tax when you buy the item.
Private sales between private individuals are different again. There is not tax on private sales between private individuals. Property though is a bit different and depends on how long you have had the property.
We also currently have no capital gains tax. Oh and you are not taxed on wealth (money in the bank) here in New Zealand only the interest.
Its a controversial topic at times as the whole wealth gap thing gets thrown around a lot and sometimes we get controversially thrown into the whole tax haven thing.
I know they were really cracking down recently on smaller businesses like private contractors doing jobs for cash and then not reporting their income for those jobs. The slang term for that here is "cashy" or under the table.
Apple don't price any of their products to capture the Lowest-priced sale (ie so that the very last potential consumer with the lowest $$$ in their pocket will buy). Apple have always constrained supply so that they sell only to the upper sections of potential consumers, maximising their price and therefore profit per unit.
Its a very good strategy for the company and shareholders.
Its a very good strategy for the company and shareholders.
I'm fairly tech savvy (not programmer savvy, but able to troubleshoot my stuff and manage my devices lol) but it's a little painful using the Windows computers at work. Or helping my dad with stuff every time he gets a new computer or the OS or MS Office is updated. He's been using Windows machines for ages, but the interface is just not intuitive (and I use MS Office for Mac).
MS Office on Mac makes a lot of sense actually. Majority of businesses use office and are using windows. So just convenient. iWork is nice looking and pretty cool but you have to keep remembering to save everything as a pdf.
I know a lot of people use Pages, Numbers, etc. but when I first switched to Mac MS Office for Mac seemed like the simplest choice and I've just kinda stuff with it. It makes sense for me!
I can't see myself going back to Windows as my primary machine though. I'm not a fangirl by any means, but my Mac experiences are infinitely better than my Windows ones.
Maybe I’m late to the party, but I just ordered my first MacBook Pro from Apples refurbished store, and it is LITERALLY new. No scratch, no wear, nothing. I examined it very closely and it is pristine. I got the Touch bar model for around 400 dollars off the msrp.
I've been really impressed with Apple's certified refurbished program. Can't go wrong IMO, given that you have the same return period and warranty as with new products!
Totally agree. Apple has gone nuts with the pricing. In 2013 I paid 2200 Euro for my 13” retina MBP with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD drive. I just checked and the cost of the exact same machine with a TB is 3100 Euro. Maybe it is a little faster but if I would buy one I would get a worse keyboard, worse connectivity. I did upgrade in the past every 2 - 3 years. I cannot see any reason anytime soon.
Corporate data hosted on iCloud?
Where do you work? Starbucks?
Not to mention that people don't buy workstations to edit word documents.
Does no one in this thread understand inflation, the number of I bought so and so for whatever 7 years ago and now it’s more expensive, why are you surprised? Everything is more expensive, prices in the UK include 20% VAT (up from 17.5% since 2010) and we have had 3% inflation for going on ten years if anything the price of MacBooks has gone down relatively speaking.
Lots of companies without sensitive material host documents on AWS or Dropbox or whatever. Companies use Slack and Google Docs too.
And no I don’t work at Starbucks lol. Why in the world would you think that?