Apple uses intel procs and freebsd with some fancy aqua ui for fanboys. I don't see a difference between that and a pc other than more money in my pocket.

 

Apples last forever. I still have two 12inch powerbooks and just picked up an iMac g4. they just don't die. one of the 12inch PBs was ejected from the car in my rollover. still fine and running great. cant say the same about any of my PCs.

also, OSX is a great all around OS. I prefer windows for "work", but generally, OSX is fine and i have a windows VM when i need it. having all of the functionality i get in BSD/Linux/Unix with a really efficient GUI is totally ****.I'm playing with the developer preview of Lion right now and it is even better.

excellent support and warrantee services pretty much seals the deal. Long term it saves me money to replace a mac every 5-10 years than to replace a Dell every 12 months.

 

That's always my point when people say they are "too expensive." $1200 every 4 years or $800 every 18 months? Tell me when is more expensive

 

I have boxes running for over 6yrs and counting to the point where if you run #uptime, it isn't even funny. I can also replace with off the shelf parts. Who says I run winblows? And no, I don't run dell boxes.

 

cool story bro, i'm sure you're ePenis is huge. we're using system uptime as a measure? thats probably the lamest argument i've heard yet.

also i have to break this to you... mac's use off the shelf parts for pretty much everything but the logic board.

 

Are you questioning about reliability or performance?

 

Dunno, my MBP's battery stopped charging after its first year. My work machine has an equally bad battery and the connector to the display has gone bad. A co-worker's MBP hard-drive failed within its first 2 years.

Maybe the older powerbooks like yours were built a bit better?

 

Whoever needs to replace their PC after 12 months is doing something MAJORLY wrong. And from what I've heard from friends with Macs, unless you're cute or have apple care, you're not getting good support unless you get charged up the ***. The only support I've ever needed from Dell was to send me my OS installation CDs so I could partition my hard drive.

PCs last a while if you know what you're doing and plan accordingly. Maybe it's because Apple wasn't as trendy back then, but I rarely see anyone using iBooks from the mid 2000s anymore. And while it's diminishing, I still see a lot of older Dell laptops still around. Heck, my laptop is around the 6 year old mark, and it still does everything I initially bought it for perfectly.

Learn how to protect your PC (there are tons of free products work fine) and don't be gullible and they have no problems. If you're too lazy to do that, I have no problem with you spending double on a Mac. I do have to admit that Macs are built pretty solidly though. A friend of mine drove over his and the only thing that broke was the screen.

 

dang, super lag double post

 

I've only had 3 pc my whole time of computers. First one lasted 10 years and actually still runs just got tired of it. My current one is over 2 years old. My husbands is running on 5 years old and all going strong. Only thing I upgraded was monitors.

 

Red vs Blue
Mac vs PC
Taste Great vs Less filling
Joe vs Volcano


All pointless conversations.

























Everyone knows it's:
Red
Mac
Tastes great
Joe

/thread

 

I see your problem. You're using a Dell. Dell hardware has gone to the crapper in recent years.

 

i had a drive in my old PB fail but apparently it was a known issue and the drive manufacturer replaced it even though it was out of warranty with them and apple. i also had a power adapter burn out but it was replaced by apple.

the battery is always a tough one too. remember when all those dell's were catching on fire? mac's were doing it to... just the fire was cooler and more hip.

All those components (ram too) are really just OTS components, nothing special. i have only ever had one "apple" component failure and that was after i dropped a table on my laptop bag while moving. it jarred some heatsink loose. apple fixed it despite the huge ****ing dent in the case

as far as im concerned apple care is part of the price. i was in NYC on vacation and laptop started acting ****ty... i didnt want to ****ing deal with it so i walked into an apple store, dropped it off, and came back the next day to pickup my brand new PB with my old profile migrated to it. Ive been sold on apple care since.

the real problem with iBooks, like any entry level computer, is that they get obsolete really fast. i still have an old clamshell iBook that works fine its just mind numbingly slow.

this is actually my favorite part of OSX/apple. i have a single fw800 raid array that handles all my backups in the house (7 computers, mac's and PCs). the system that it connects to pushes all the data to my offsite backup.

time to set that up? 4minutes. the time i don't have to spend fixing **** more than offsets the cost of a mac. spend some time with OSX server. its great.

also, my mac's are no where near 2x the price of a comparable PC. its more like 10-20% and i offset that with various discounts. last mac i picked up was actually cheaper than the two PC's i also considered, which i admit was a first...

and to get a comparably sturdy laptop with similar spec's you'll spend just as much or maybe more from a PC manufacturer.

forced to at work... no choice. but dells have always been ****ty for the 11 or so years i've been dealing with them.

 

Hipster!!! what computer do you have?