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scottie on 22 March 2011
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fps_d0minat0r said:
scottie said:
fps_d0minat0r said:

ive never seen the need to buy apple products because ive ALWAYS come across an alternative which is reasonably priced and often is better/does more than the iproducts.

e.g. my toshiba laptop cost half the price for the same spec apple laptop and it has a bigger screen. and i got a psp instead of an ipod because it plays much better games but can still go on the internet, play music, play movies and all the other stuff.

apple might have a good brand image and build quality but that doesnt mean id pay twice the price it should normally cost and also most their computers specs are outdated. i remember about half a year ago they were charging as much for a core2duo as an alienware gaming pc. lmfao.

every time i see someone using apple hardware i can imagine a sign on their forehead saying "i got ripped off".

 

1) Toshiba laptops have horrible build quality. I bought a toshiba laptop that has the specs to play Crysis on decent settings, but overheats and turns off after 20 mins of L4D2 on lowest, or about 2 hours of WoW on lowest playable settings. Those times are when it is on an elevated stand to allow proper airflow, divide those times by about 5 for a flat wooden surface and divide by 10 for a soft surface like a bed. If you want to buy a cheap laptop, then that is your choice, and it may well be the best thing for you. But you should not compare Apple computers to Acer, Toshiba etc.

 

2) Buying an Apple computer gets you the Apple OS, which many people consider to be worth hundreds, indeed, I think a few hundred is nothing to pay for something that saves you so much time and hassle.

 

Just because other people have different personal taste and preferences to you doesn't mean they got ripped off.

1) i know someone whose iphone broke....does it mean all of them will? no.

i love it how every apple fan assumes anything not built by apple will just fall apart. apple products are not immune to defects just like any other hardware. just because your toshiba laptop broke, it doesnt mean mine will.

2) many people consider windows to be worth hundreds, windows saves me a lot of time and hassle too because its easy and when i buy/download stuff it will run on windows by default, i dont need to look specifically at games/software compatability. if you use a GUI to justify spending hundreds more on apple then you did get ripped off.

you got any real reasons why apple is worth the premium?


1) I never said my computer broke (although if I'm not careful the overheating will lead to it breaking)

 

2) I never said Apple computers are objectively better for all people. As you already know, last time I bought a computer I decided that I would get a windows based laptop. But the time before I made a similarly rational decision and at that point in time a Mac was a better option for me.

 

As for the 'hundreds' thing, you have no idea how much mac products cost, you have never been to the apple website store, nor do you pay any attention to mac products in shops. I have had this discussion many times on this board, and the conclusion has been every time that the 'mac tax' is about $30, when ruling out poor build quality brands and making sure that both the main set of specs (processor, ram etc) and peripheral things (webcam, remote control etc) are the same.

 

And you should not rule out the importance of an operating system. Honestly, being as you have never truly experienced the Mac OS it is impossible to convey just how much time can be saved using it.