Why does the media worship Apple?

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Baalzamon said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

Grimes 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)

It's not just about one factor, but a combination of things. I don't want a computer that with sloppy looking construction, burns my nads, takes five minutes to boot or sounds like a vacuum cleaner. Those things are worth money to me. Whenever I buy a cheap computer, there is usually something that bugs the hell out of me, at which point I curse that I will spend more and get at better computer.

its amazing the extent to which apple fanboys are brainwashed. how do you come up with that stuff? your on planet earth right?

Yea, he's acting as if all windows computers = cheap computers.  My computer doesn't take 5 minutes to boot, and if I'd time, I believe its under a minute (I keep on most the time anyways), it doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner...matter of fact, it doesn't sound like anything, and it doesn't look sloppy.  The bottom left portion does get a little hot, but it's not like it burns, its just slightly warm on your lap.

The comparison was CHEAP Windows laptops, not a Sony Vaio or Alienware machine.

If you're looking to compare an $700 Toshiba versus a Mabook Pro, the Toshiba's form factor isn't going to compare well. It may be a relatively fast computer but its weight, thickness, screen, and design are going to be pretty bad at that price point. My sister has one and there are two floating around here at work and to be blunt, they're pieces of shit compared to a Macbook Pro. It closer to what I remember my old 1996 Compaq laptop feeling like than what I expect out of a modern laptop.

In short, you get what you pay for. Thick plastic computer with a shitty screen versus a sleek thin metal enclosed computer with a great screen. No one here is saying that all Windows machines suck, most of the arguments are "Macs are premium computers" versus "you can buy two Windows machines for the price of a Macbook!"

Yeah, you can. You can buy two piece of shit Windows notebooks. If you want to step into the Macbook's territory, you have to step up to a premium machine, which will cost a similar amount to the MBP.