EPTWhy would anyone ever buy Mac? - Page 2
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Noxie
United States2227 Posts
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
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jacosajh
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This premium will have many takers, and it can be for anything, from the community behind it (i.e. $20,000 Harley Davidson vs $10,000 foreign company equivalent), comfort, and yes, even color (Ford was surpassed by GM because of its very stubborn slogan, "You can have it in any color, as long as it's black"). | ||
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hucskool
United States25 Posts
On February 15 2011 13:44 Cloud wrote: Wrong. You're looking at the wrong kind of geeks. Many I've seen will never choose Microsoft over Apple or even Microsoft over anything else. And I can provide the exact opposite comment from my "computer geek friends" (computer engineering / software engineering grads). Some people value certain things more than others. Here's the way I see it. Microsoft is not just a sesspool of viruses and Macs are not just for hipsters. They both serve a purpose and they serve those purposes well. IMO - Microsoft vs. Mac is just a stupid flamewar that came about because geeks need a cause to rally behind (also see: vi/emacs, intel/amd, ati/nvidia, etc.). Let people use their own crap in piece. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
On February 15 2011 13:17 Catch]22 wrote: Not good with computers (and got no reason not to spend silly amounts of money on a computer?) Get a Mac Even still, that's pretty ridiculous. You could pay someone $250 who is knows their stuff half-decently well and give them $1000 to build you a computer that performs better. After it's built for you you are good to go. Donate the rest to charity if you really have no reason not to throw away money. | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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puppykiller
United States3126 Posts
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denzelz
United States604 Posts
The problem that I have with Macs is their use of proprietary hardware. Lost the charger cable for your iPhone? You can't just go and get another miniUSB cable like I can for my Samsung Galaxy S, you have to go and buy a new APPLE-branded cable. Want new ram for your pre-built mac? Make sure you get a special kind or else they wouldn't work with your MB. Want to put music on your iPod? Sorry, have to use iTunes. It's all this stupid stuff that makes Apple, which is one of the most successful American companies, seem really un-American to me. | ||
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sc2lime
Canada513 Posts
What are the computer parts of your $350 computer that can play SC2 at everything maxed out, with high resolutions, and 60+ FPS? | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On February 15 2011 14:03 sc2lime wrote: @OP What are the computer parts of your $350 computer that can play SC2 at everything maxed out, with high resolutions, and 60+ FPS? I am curious too. | ||
NonY
8748 Posts
On February 15 2011 13:37 LaSt)ChAnCe wrote: http://head-lights.blogspot.com/2009/11/would-anyone-buy-mac-now.html For an author who seems somewhat knowledgeable about computers, it's hilarious how he refuses to make the distinction between PC's and OS's. | ||
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
On February 15 2011 14:02 denzelz wrote: Want new ram for your pre-built mac? Make sure you get a special kind or else they wouldn't work with your MB. RAM compatibility is an issue no matter what kind of personal computer we're talking about. There's a reason manufacturers produce RAM compatibility charts. On February 15 2011 14:02 denzelz wrote: Want to put music on your iPod? Sorry, have to use iTunes. Unless you use one of millions of other programs that do this. On February 15 2011 14:02 denzelz wrote: It's all this stupid stuff that makes Apple, which is one of the most successful American companies, seem really un-American to me. Blah blah blah. | ||
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Comeh
United States18918 Posts
On February 15 2011 14:07 Liquid`Tyler wrote: For an author who seems somewhat knowledgeable about computers, it's hilarious how he refuses to make the distinction between PC's and OS's. it's actually amusing how inaccurate he is for the most part. 90% of those "issues" don't even apply to windows 7, and very few of them even applied to XP, except on once in a blue moon. Interesting. | ||
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munchmunch
Canada789 Posts
In summary, mac owners are kind of like luxury car owners. | ||
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VManOfMana
United States764 Posts
The practical reason is simple: I don't like babysitting my computer. And from personal experience, the system that serves my needs better is a Mac. Of course, your mileage may vary. Big emphasis here. Maybe you have had a great experience with your PCs, but I haven't. After getting a computer science degree and getting a job maintaining computers systems, there is a point I get tired of tinkering with computers. I just want something that wakes up instantly and lets me do what I want without hassle. Keeping track of the latest hardware and getting the most juice of my CPU cycles is not really my cup of tea—I am more interested that the computer and operating system can take care of its resources reasonably well. I have a 2007 model MacBook Pro. At 2500 USD, it is the most expensive computer I ever got in my life. And yeah, it did hurt my pocket (good thing the base price is lower nowadays). But you know? I do not regret my purchase one little bit. This is the most hassle-less computer I have ever had. No software compatibility problems. No problems with a Windows fix pack conflicting with my computer's BIOS. No installations degrading so fast that I have to make a clean install every year. No need to go thru system settings to have decent font rendering. No annoying popups and modal dialogs. No need to get a separate OS license to not use the crapware-ridden OEM disc. No need to replace parts myself. Excellent customer service, including in-site replacement of three batteries and one logic boards for free. Maybe I have been lucky, but my experience has been pretty good. As I said, I don't feel I need to babysit my computer. Its just there, doing its job. For some people, yeah, its about looks. Or feeling cool. Whatever. But for many others, its about doing your stuff comfortably, where the OS gets out of the way, or just simplifies things. There is many intelligent people out there using macs: computer scientists, researchers, designers, developers, programmers, artists. You name it. For me, its the little details. My mac really feels like an integrated system, rather than some hardware with an OS put on top of it. I didn't get the feeling with OS/2 (and I was huge fan of it), nor Windows. BeOS was the closest, but its dead. I am more interested in software and user interface design, so rather than having the most juice out of my hardware, I am more impressed at how Expose deals with the problem of window management, how Time Machine is a very clever solution to backups-made-simple, or how MacOS manages to have a relatively consistent user experience and reasonable set of default settings that I don't have to change anything to feel comfortable using my computer. Windows 7 fixed a lot of things. But for me, its too little too late. | ||
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TapeDeckChris
Canada38 Posts
Macs aren't for everyone. Of course if all you do is fap all day and play games then spending 2500$ on a mac is stupid!! I have always built my own computers and would never buy a desktop mac, but i bought a black macbook roughly 3 years ago for production/dj use. i paid around 2000$ total, thats including buying my own 250gb HDD and 4gb of ram from my own supplier and installing myself. Believe me i was a pc fanboy before, and even installed xp on a partition so i didn't have to learn how to work osx into my existing workflow. Although using osx when performing live (for stability purposes) i never really "used" my computer in osx, i would always quickly boot back into xp. until i noticed my laptop running quite a bit hotter generally running in windows, until it became a slight concern because i didn't want to do any damage to my hardware. Pretty soon i was like, fuck it, let me just try using osx. My computer runs so much cooler so i figured i would try to force myself to use it on a more daily basis. after a while i really started to enjoy all the features osx had like spotlight searches and ctrl+mousewheel to zoom anywhere, anytime. soon i found myself enjoying everyday browsing on the mac more than me pc. On top of that i have never ever crashed, ever! Sometimes don't reboot my laptop for months(i think my highest uptime was 78 days? i saw that and laughed quickly rebooting just for kicks). i guarantee if i bought some HP notebook or whatever it would crash all the time and have burnt out/been obsolete by now. I feel like now i have my pc for games, and my mac for work, almost viewing my pc as a console of sorts, and i like it that way tbh. |TL;DR| If you = Fap Fap Fap + Games Macs are not for you and we forgive you for not understanding. | ||
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denzelz
United States604 Posts
On February 15 2011 14:14 McDonalds wrote: RAM compatibility is an issue no matter what kind of personal computer we're talking about. There's a reason manufacturers produce RAM compatibility charts. Go on Newegg. Look at the RAM page. I know quite well that different MBs require different RAM, and the amount varies. However, Mac require a special type of RAM on top of ones that should be compatible with the MB. Here, I will even give you an example. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=551&name=Mac-Memory This just adds another layer of confusion for consumers that is designed to discourage Mac users from tinkering with their machine. | ||
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KMARTRULES
Australia474 Posts
On February 15 2011 13:13 Belial88 wrote: My $350 computer can play SC2 at everything maxed out, with high resolutions, and 60+ FPS. No it can't. I would never by a mac either, but entire post is invalid because of this. My graphics card alone cost 450$ and it cant run ultra/extreme without dropping below 30 fps. now try and fit in ram/psu/soundcard/network card/motherboard/harddrive/case as well as cd/dvd drives. No. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9103 Posts
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