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marc on 11 December 2009
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ameratsu said:
Kasz216 said:
ameratsu said:
jefforange89 said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146613

This costs the same as the cheapest Macbook.

lol@anyone trying to argue that Apple products aren't overpriced

 

Ok. We get it. You can build your computer for less, or buy a non-Apple laptop for much less than a comparable Apple laptop. If we are talking about this from a hardware perspective, this is the same thing Nintendo has done this gen with the Wii. They maintain a healthy profit margin on the Wii and accessories, not unlike Apple computers, Ipod, Iphone, etc. The Wii is overpriced if you compare it to something like the x360 from a strict hardware perspective (for example), but the software makes up for this. The same can be said for Apple computers because of OSx, iLife, etc.

Except... Apple generally is at a software disadvantage...

 

Anything a normal user needs most likely exists for osx and is probably more user friendly. Despite the software advantage which is irrelevant for most people, osx is preferable for some people for general use, and for some professionals. For me personally, there is nothing that I know of that compares to Quicksilver for osx, so until I can compose emails from the same universal metatool that I use to launch urls, extract files, copy, delete, sync Ical with my phone, etc... I would rather use osx. For others I've met who've used osx, they prefer the simplicity and like the operating system. 

Being a reformed mac hater myself, this is the single hardest thing to explain to lifelong computer nerds. Many simply don't get it, and probably never will.


You do realize that most computer nerds can build a MAC any time they want right (you only need a patch)? Yet they still choose Windows or Linux for their own personal use. No offense but I am the opposite of you. I used to respect MAC's because they had some real world advantages, but they threw them all out the window with they went Intel. Now you are basically buying a PC at a 50% premium whenever you buy a MAC with no advantage whatsoever.

In your comparison, it would be like Nintendo claiming that the Wii it is more powerful than the XBox 360, and then trying to sell it for more than the PS3. That is exactly what Apple is doing today and yea people really are that dumb.

As for Quicksilver... you have got to be joking. Maybe if I were a amnesiac, then I might find it refreshing. We had taskbars and keyboard shortcuts back as far as OS2 and maybe before that for all I know. Quicksilver serves no advantages over other methods of making shortcuts and yea you can even script shortcuts in all the other OS's as well and it is just as easy. Next thing you know MAC users are going to claim that they invented right click menus because Linux right clicks arent as pretty. Sad day for the tech world.