MAC or PC

[Kasz216]

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.

If that were true... it would have more marketshare.

Mac isn't the Wii.

 

It's the Neo Geo.

It's a very expensive system that only caters to a very small niche.

 

Apple, Just like SNK are happy with that though because they make a nice premium on the hardware.