Macintoshes are expensive and don't support the majority of PC games.
Big enough reason for me not to get one. I build my own PC anyway.

i just don't want to see pc gaming die out. unless consoles let me use a mouse and keyboard.

ihira said: Macintoshes are expensive and don't support the majority of PC games. Big enough reason for me not to get one. I build my own PC anyway.

 thats the old Macs, now that Macs support regular PC parts (no IBM parts) all its a matter of a slight code change.

I meant Mac OSs can't play games for windows.

I'm using a MacBook.

Actually Apple's prices are more competitive when new models are released, but then stay the same for the next 4-8 months until the next revision, while Dell keeps dropping prices every day. Comparing notebooks just by speed and memory sizes is only half the job anyway. Size and weight are equally important.

loadedstatement said:Generally, yes.  But for a good reason.  My mac right now came with tons of applications (Address Book, Music Editor, Calendar, IM Client, DVD menu maker, Movie editor, Image editor, Music organizer, Presentation maker, Word Processor, Mail client, built-in mic and camera, Internet browser, etc).  Every mac comes with all of this for free.  Plus I've owned a Mac for 15+ years and I've had it freeze about 4 times and I have never run a virus scan or picked up a virus (And trust me, I've seen the whole internet).

 

It comes with so many useful programs? You don't get to choose if it comes with those with very obvious and simple menus specifically asking you if you want them? I hope they have those. Otherwise maybe they're well on the path of trying to get an anti-trust suit like Microsoft. Heh, don't worry, only half joking. 

I tried some Macs back maybe 10 years ago or so, and they have always crashed far more than Windows did for me , so I got turned off from them. I have seen some of the more recent ones over the last few years, and at least they seemed stable, but currently I'm Windows on my desktop and Linux on my laptop.

Note: I actually considered Windows 98 to be very stable as basically the only time I got blue screens or problems were when I messed with something, so that's user error. Where I've had Macs crash or close programs for seemingly no reason without my having done anything to them.

 

 

DeltaXIII said: It comes with so many useful programs? You don't get to choose if it comes with those with very obvious and simple menus specifically asking you if you want them? I hope they have those. Otherwise maybe they're well on the path of trying to get an anti-trust suit like Microsoft. Heh, don't worry, only half joking.

People always confuse that. Microsoft is not allowed to do certain things because

1. They have a monopoly in Windows.

2. They have been convicted (both in the US and the EU) of abusing that monopoly to choke competitors in other markets. 

Apple has no monopoly and has never been convicted of anti-competitive business practices. Therefore they can add any software to their computers they like.