On Prestige
In Indonesia, the price of branded goods are much higher than in the USA, part of if is due to the luxury goods' tax, another part of it I just dont get why. What I find fascinating, the culture of showing off in this place making it normal to pay the exorbitant prices, some even gloats about paying it because it's a prestige. I remember an old colleague bought a black macbook because of it's prestige, and ended up using Windows on it. I found out about this when he said he couldnt open a pdf file he needed because he didnt have a pdf reader to open it. I told him that's BS, but he was very adamant about it. So I opened his Macbook, and logged into MacOs to show him he could read a pdf without the need of downloading a reader program under his bewildering eyes. I mean really, I thought he was using windows on it because he needed some applications only available in Windows, but no, after more than a year owning a macbook, he just didnt know it came with MacOs which is more suitable for him who was not a computer savvy.
Logically, why on earth spending more money buying a Mac, but you use Windows all the time other than for showing off that you have the purchasing power to get one?
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Though not as crazy as this bloke, I have to admit the Apple design is beautiful and tempting. I have been wavering, but ultimately I did stick to a very common Siemens desktop.
Probably I'm too stingy ( or, to put it nicer to myself: common sense) to fall for the lure of conspicuous consumption.
My dad's last gift for me was a mac, because I needed a computer and had enough dealing with viruses on a Windows PC.
I suggest my elderly acquaintances to get a Mac if they have the money, because it's easier to use than a PC/Windows.
iirc all of osx's graphics and text etc are displayed using postscript which was the forerunner of pdf... kinda ironic!
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