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Final-Fan on 20 September 2008
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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 challenge: 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.
Final-Fan 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 presume you can point to an in-depth cost comparison confirming that trend, which refutes or at least counters the one referred to by Bitmap Frogs above?  (Instead of, you know, pulling rumor and speculation out of your ass.)

[edit:  Oh, I'm sorry, but it looks like you're totally wrong, unless you were referring specifically to Apple upgrades, not systems.  Better luck next time.]

Looks like someone didn't read all the posts.  But I do appreciate you not being a huge dick about it like freebird4. 

The link refutes your allegation in general and with an example.  [edit:  Not MacBook Air.  Whoops.]

The only real price advantage PCs seem to have (aside from if you foolishly buy upgrades from Apple) is that you can buy a lower-end model than Apple delivers, building it to satisfy your own desires and not paying for anything you don't want.



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