Why does the media worship Apple?

[greenmedic88]

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quality but that doesnt mean id pay twice the price it should normally cost and also most their computers specs are outdated.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?

I know there are plenty of broken iPhones. In just about every case they were either dropped or sat on. Poor comparison.

As for Toshiba, look at the consumer approval ratings or Consumer Reports for reliability. Those have nothing to do with isolated experiences but the overall averages and a battery of objective tests that provide the probability of individual unit performance. One Golden Sample does not equate to all products by said manufacturer being similar.

As for Apple, anyone who buys an Apple product can take it to the local Apple Store if they live in a major metro area with any hardware (or even software) problems and have a live technician take a look at it (the stores are extremely customer friendly as they want to keep their customers) as opposed to calling a service number and waiting on the phone to speak to someone who may well located in India to try and talk you through the troubleshooting process, typically for a fee. 

And it's indisputable that they have fewer problems (look at the Consumer Reports) and fewer compatibility issues for the simple reason that Apple designs both their OS and their hardware. In the last 10 years of using Macs, I can't recall a single driver compatibility issue due to the tight integration of hardware and software.

There are plenty of other reasons, the least of which may well be some people just prefer them, which is a perfectly legitimate reason.

I use both. I build my own PCs and workstations, but for every day use I still prefer Macs.