I wouldn't.
PCs have more trouble than Macs. They also comprise ~85% of the computers in the world.
Repair centres make their money when things go wrong with computers. Less trouble = less business = less money = out of business.
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Starting a Macintosh repair business.
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I wouldn't.
PCs have more trouble than Macs. They also comprise ~85% of the computers in the world.
Repair centres make their money when things go wrong with computers. Less trouble = less business = less money = out of business.
Well, I dont really know much of anything about windows machines. I havent ever owned one. So, I was planning on keeping it all Macintosh. I am getting the idea here that it would be better to start up out of my home and make a name around town for myself before I put alot of money into it. I plan on advertising right from the get go, anywhere I can. Keep the thread going this is a good one. Very informative guys.
Learn PC's quickly. If someone calls you, you tell them you cant fix it cause its a PC, they arent gonna understand that Macs are different. There goes your word of mouth. 95% of those mouths in the world are windows users. You need to be a "jack of all trades" so to speak. Your gonna limit yourself to 5% of the market doing just macs, then that 5% is gonna go to the apple cert. center in your town for warrenty and most other repairs, where do you fit into that? Your gonna have to open yourself up to the other 95% of the world.
I disagree, the only mac repair shop in my town only does mac repairs and they are doing really well for themselves. Trust me if your the only shop in town (next to the one other you mentioned earlier) you will find plenty of mac customers, you could quickly become real busy and you might have too much to handle if you start taking pcs in as well. Just my view on it though, I could be off.
Depends on where you live too, where i live i am the only game in town peroid, pc or mac. Maybe you'll have enough customers to sustain 2 mac shops in your town. i would worry that most of the mac users in your town would already be customers of the other place in town, and now your try to steal maybe 25% of there bussiness while working out of your home, which is only 5-12% of all the pc's in your town, it could make it very difficuilt. I would say join some mac user groups in your area, see if you can gather a "cult" following that could snowball into something big, cause average joe consumer is gonna go to the retail store with lots of pretty macs on the floor and software on the shelves.
..WELL, it better be one large, large, large, large, huge, gigantic, enormous town if you are banking on fixing 5% percent of the market share of computer users of a much more reliable computer...namely the mac
actually, having a mac only repair house does stand to make more money than having a dot.com selling sand to saudi arabia at inflated prices
i would pose nude on macrumors if someone could make a great living fixing only macs in any town that isn't huge...but then again you wouldn't want to see me nude so that is a bad example...he he
fix pcs, they are more numerous and they break down more often
...and with the money you make, buy reliable macs
i would pose nude on macrumors if someone could make a great living fixing only macs in any town that isn't huge...but then again you wouldn't want to see me nude so that is a bad example...he he
fix pcs, they are more numerous and they break down more often
...and with the money you make, buy reliable macs
Originally posted by jefhatfield
fix pcs, they are more numerous and they break down more often
...and with the money you make, buy reliable macs
exactly what i do
Out of curiosity...
Why not apply to work for Apple? There are apple stores that obviously need certified techs behind the counter, and in the back room. Who knows, maybe in Best Buy stores they'll be doing warrenty mac repair. If you can build a good customer relation working for another business...well. that is a big help. Though, some companies make you sign no-compete agreements, and such.
Why not apply to work for Apple? There are apple stores that obviously need certified techs behind the counter, and in the back room. Who knows, maybe in Best Buy stores they'll be doing warrenty mac repair. If you can build a good customer relation working for another business...well. that is a big help. Though, some companies make you sign no-compete agreements, and such.
Re: Re: Out of curiosity...
it could be a good start for six months though...and safe
that's what i did with working for a computer sales store then being a desktop tech for other businesses to learn the ropes of what's out there and how to fix it
but if you are brave enough to lease a store or office space straight away, more power to you
in the end, it takes more guts than technical know how
it could be a good start for six months though...and safe
that's what i did with working for a computer sales store then being a desktop tech for other businesses to learn the ropes of what's out there and how to fix it
but if you are brave enough to lease a store or office space straight away, more power to you
in the end, it takes more guts than technical know how