Apple is now worth more than Microsoft

[Grimes]

nightsurge said:

Grimes said:

No, you can't just build an iMac with off the shelf components. Everything is crammed in there like sardines. The boards are custom to fit the parts in the minimum of space. Show me a case where everything fits into a 1 inch thick space, including the monitor, which requires no cooling fans that I could put together in less than an hour.

Also, I don't have time to spend hours and hours to spend building computers. The majority of people don't either. I've put computers together before, it just isn't even close to being worth it anymore. I have no enjoyment in building computers, it's about as fun as cleaning toilets to me. I'd rather spend my time doing something I enjoy.

Oh no, so you found one example of something that can't be done with custom builds.  That eliminated like .00001% of the potential custom builders!  Darn!

You are clearly not a PC building type to begin with.  Not even the PC type by the looks of it.  Millions of people build their own computers each year.  The custom PC market and build-yourself market keeps getting bigger because it will always be cheaper and is the only way to get what you want.  All it takes is a few hours on a free afternoon to build your first computer.  After that it is all the same, basically, and only takes an hour or 2.

Can you pick any graphics card or memory you want from any manufacturer and swap it out at will in your iMac?  No?  Shame.  What can you do when your iMac gets outdated?  Can you re-use the screen, the casing, and just update parts like CPU, motherboard, GPU, HDD, RAM, etc?  No?  Shame.  Looks like you're stuck just buying a whole new iMac and wasting even more money every 3-5 years.  Apple is pretty much the worst when it comes to locked down, proprietary hardware design to keep all the upgrades and repairs restricted to Apple certified technicians.  Especially their iMacs.

Most people love creating their own items for use and being resourceful with gaining knowledge and experience at new tasks.  They especially love saving money.  Then you have other people who just buy it premade and don't care about costs or aren't technologically inclined.

 

Relax. Take a deep breath. Nobody is knocking system building. It's just not something that the majority of people want to spend their time on. The cost advantages were great 10 years ago, today not nearly so much.

Yes, there are millions of people who like building systems and all the power to them. But there are probably billions of people who don't. Neither is better or worse, just they have differerent requirements and desires.