Why does the media worship Apple?

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greenmedic88 said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

 

ok lets assume products not made by apple are cheap and will break (just to keep you happy)

it would still be more cost effective buying 2 computers made by toshiba than 1 apple computer assuming the failure rate of toshiba is as high as 50% and apples is 0% (which it obvisouly isnt but you can go around assuming that if you wish)

No, because I still prefer working on a Mac for a variety of applications.

Even if I got a 3 for 1 sale on a PC, I'd still be left with one box running Windows and two boxes that don't run OSX or any of the apps or utilities I have licensed on the platform.

I don't need another Windows based PC; I can build as many of them as I want using whatever components I want as I see fit. It has nothing to do with the cost. It still takes a lot more of my time configuring everything and getting all my BIOS settings and driver settings working just the way I want them, whereas on the Mac, doing my own IT usually consists of nothing more than basic software installs, automatic updates and the occasional HDD or RAM upgrade, no hassles, or tinkering; just work.

The cost difference in terms of money alone, even running the assumption that whatever time I spend on IT related issues is worth zero $ in terms of productivity (completely false) is not unreasonable based on comparable configurations and builds.

Not everybody wants or needs a cheap computer.

This is just it... I don't want or need a cheap computer. I want a computer that works well, does what I need, and is flexible. Macbooks have that in spades right now. I work in OS X and should the need arise, I boot into Win7 on the same machine. Or I pop into the Terminal and SSH to my heart's content.

I work full time and on the side; my current sites alone earn me $3000 a year from advertising. That's enough to buy a new Mac desktop and laptop every year (not that I do). THEN I build sites for others on the side and make a few thousand more a year. I want a computer that works when I need it to work. If I'm working on the computer itself, I'm not making money. That money is lost AND I'm not doing something I want to do (like watch a movie or play a console game). I'll take the $1500 computer that works every single time I freakin' boot it up because in the end, that computer makes me more money than tinkering around and fucking around just to get something to work.

It's like some people in these threads fail to realize that some of us use computers to make money. I'm sure I can be productive under Win7 (like I am at work) but to get the hardware I want, I'd end up spending as much as a Mac anyway. So why bother? I like the fact that I can put any operating system on that Macbook I want and do whatever I need with the machine.