Macs, why so expensive?
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- play0
I've been on macs my whole life. Couldn't figure out how to save an attachment on my parents pc the other day for the life of me. Conclusion: I'm sticking with the macs.
- Llyod0
do you have to defrag macs?
- nope. but some do anyways: http://digg.com/appl…emmaopeel
- 15 hours?Llyod
- pr2-1
judging platform's performance from your gf's PC...? Are you mad? My ex had 3 mac and they all worked like shit -- not because of the machine but because she managed to fuck up the computers in the process.
- Llyod0
I bought a copy of Mac Life. It went through 18 problems with macs. All 18 blamed the users. What a load of bullshit. Your computer starts acting buggy and it's always your fault.
- ItalianStallion0
I work as a freelancer, and I know that with a mac I can work everywhere without any configuration problem. I consider my laptop a media, I don't want to spend extra time in settin' it up, I just need to open it and make my work. Mac it's perferct because reduce lot of problems I experienced with a pc (Windows). I tried a mac and since then I never got back to pc.
- Llyod0
Frank?
- KwesiJ0
you know i was think considering how many macs are sold these days and why they couldn't just get rid of them at like 500 a pop...profit
- johndiggity0
you use a dell. you live an apple lifestyle.
- SoulFly0
because PC people are nerdy and Mac people are cool.
didn't you see the commercials?
You should even post that question here, just watch the commercials.
I don't want to pay a $100 extra to my brother to build the computer for me. I want to take it out of the box and surf the net or do whatever I need to do. I don't care if I could get a talking HAL 9000 for the same price.
- epete220
it's simple. your paying the name. the employees. the advertising and a little something, something on top.
- Iggyboo0
Good lord why on earth would you not buy a mac. Here's example #1 why you would if you are a designer...
3 year warranty that's real. If you pay for it.
The machine's made for adobe, and it's really work-easy. Work-easy as in it is really easier to do work tasks and design tasks at the same time.
Last reason: My last comp direct buy from Ibuypower it lasted... 1.8 years before exploding. smoke melted motherboard and chip.
- oh and that machine that old machine I bought the PC, that machine was off warranty because I only had the 1 year warranty.Iggyboo
- so u saying that with my 5 yo computer and the other one i had before (for 4 years) i simply got lucky?pr2
- bty, 3k extra is a lot of money to just pay for any brandpr2
- Everyone has a different story about which system lasts longer. I've had shitty PCs and amazing ones.Jaline
- Jaline0
Yeah, sure, you get what you pay for, but, in reality, Apple COULD lower their prices. They just don't want to. They know people would pay for it. But, even with their latest update, you can tell they don't give a shit about lowering prices, even though people have been requesting it for so long. Especially for students. I use both types of systems, and, while I prefer the Mac, I would never tell my siblings to buy it for school. I bought them PCs because it's just more stuff for the money, as long as you properly train them to use their system without ruining it. Sure, this will take more time, but sometimes it's worth it to not have to spend that extra money. And I am not cheap at all...I just know that you can have nearly the same result from both computers.
- quamb0
The comparison of building your own PC verse the price of a Mac is ridiculous. Better would be against HP, Dell or something.
And even then, the day HP or Dell design and produce hardware that is more then pieces of plastic screwed together as well as develop their own OS and range of software that actually kicks ass... then we'll see if Mac's are "expensive".
- quamb0
Another thing... the fact that this is a design forum... and said designers question the value of good design is beyond me.
- matt310
it's all branding - branded as a premium product and therefore has a premium price baby
- Vicentvangogh0
Why do people drive Hyundai's instead of Mercedes? They both get you from point A to point B!
- Jaline0
Man, I don't think I can dislike PC users for disliking certain Mac fans.