Lucky im impartial then. :) (I think OSX is technically awesome and better than windows but i prefer vista and have heaps of apps i need that are windows only).
@Skyride, I agree with you that macs should be price more competitive, but you can throw 4GB or ram on any PC and it will just eat it up and never run as fast or flawlessly as macbook with just 512MB of ram, Why is that???? i don't know the answer to that, but i do know is a fact cause i do own similar systems. Maybe Microsoft should work more closely with OEM's and take more control over their product and if a system is not up to specs to run the OS, they should just not license them at all, instead of just looking at $ signs
at snitch, but then they would be douche bags like apple and not allow self builders take advantage of the os (aside from hackintosh , which is illegal)
Actually, Thats not necessarily true. Yes, you can get a junky windows PC for $500, but if you actually compare specs to specs, Most higher-end Macs are only 10-20% more than an equivalent PC, if that. Especially if you buy minimal RAM/HD upgrades and just do them yourself. The 2.66/2.8Ghz Mac Pro is very competitively priced with a dual Xeon Dell workstation, and the Macbook Pro is only a couple hundred more than an equivalent PC, although at the moment the 8600GT is a piece of crap. The iMac is pretty unique so it is hard to compare, but the new "designer" all in ones from PC manufacturers are just as much.
I dont know about you, but there are some of us that care about an "extra hundred dollars" when buying an important piece of hardware. And if i can get an equivalent machine for less than the competitor, then that is a win for me.
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Isn't this post just screaming to start a fanboy flame war?
Lucky im impartial then. :) (I think OSX is technically awesome and better than windows but i prefer vista and have heaps of apps i need that are windows only).
I agree skyride, that and mac hardware is horribly overpriced.
Ye, that too. My mate just bought a 20" iMac. Spent £1K on it **head in hands**
Although hes a mac fanboy so i guess its money well spent for him.
@Skyride, I agree with you that macs should be price more competitive, but you can throw 4GB or ram on any PC and it will just eat it up and never run as fast or flawlessly as macbook with just 512MB of ram, Why is that???? i don't know the answer to that, but i do know is a fact cause i do own similar systems. Maybe Microsoft should work more closely with OEM's and take more control over their product and if a system is not up to specs to run the OS, they should just not license them at all, instead of just looking at $ signs
And out of all those engineers how many of them have an clue?
Crisis averted. Fanboy war prevented.
You guyyysss... HUG.
uhm...i just read an article that they arent.
something n tomshardware or so...
at snitch, but then they would be douche bags like apple and not allow self builders take advantage of the os (aside from hackintosh , which is illegal)
@Juxtah
Actually, Thats not necessarily true. Yes, you can get a junky windows PC for $500, but if you actually compare specs to specs, Most higher-end Macs are only 10-20% more than an equivalent PC, if that. Especially if you buy minimal RAM/HD upgrades and just do them yourself. The 2.66/2.8Ghz Mac Pro is very competitively priced with a dual Xeon Dell workstation, and the Macbook Pro is only a couple hundred more than an equivalent PC, although at the moment the 8600GT is a piece of crap. The iMac is pretty unique so it is hard to compare, but the new "designer" all in ones from PC manufacturers are just as much.
@loosely_coupled
I dont know about you, but there are some of us that care about an "extra hundred dollars" when buying an important piece of hardware. And if i can get an equivalent machine for less than the competitor, then that is a win for me.