"Im a PC! Got a problem with that?": New Microsoft advertisements kick off.

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lapsed_gamer said:

TheRealMafoo said:

freebird4 said:
Apple's are for people who want to think they're special.

Yeah, you are special. It takes a special kind of dumbass to pay $500-1000 extra for an Apple with half the compatibility of a PC.

 

I bought my Mac Book Pro 17" 2.5 years ago.

I wanted a laptop that was an inch thick, metal, 1680x1080 screen, dual core, under 7 pounds, built in webcam, back light keyboard, 802.11g, 256 meg video card, and over 4 hours of batter life.

Can you show me the PC I should have bought that's $500-$1000 less then the $2900 I spent? Can you show me one at all that was around 2.5 years ago? Can you show me one today?

I will save you some time (because I looked). There was none. The closest was a Dell, and it was bigger, heavier, slower, and cost a hell of a lot more.

 

Quite the bold challange: spout some specific specs of a three year old computer and tell us to match them. How about this: give us a current Mac and we will find a cheaper alternative. Just in case you were planning on using the size of the Air, ours may be just a little heavier, but it will have a media drive.

The point is, with Windows (and Linux) you have options of competing hardware. Prices are lower, and for that matter the generally low prices of computers is thanks to this competition.

 

 

Apple doesn't pricedrop models until a new revision ships. The first months of a new revision are competitively priced - as time passes and manufacturers start dropping prices Apple doesn't. Then there's the case of the iMac - it's all laptop parts and there's a large high-res screen embedded which drives price higher.

Basically, as long as you buy early and upgrade yourself ram/hd macs aren't really expensive. The link to tomshardware comparison macpro / cheapest newegg parts shows less than 100$ markup.