Keyboard
Apple keyboard looks good. They are some of the best looking keyboards. Desktop or laptop. But looking at the reviews online, it becomes obvious that it isn't as comfortable to most people. Apple makes a similar keyboard for the desktop. Looking at the reviews, they aren't good. But it really does look good. One of the best looking desktop keyboard with usb hubs, but read the reviews and look at the price.
Durability
Plastic is plastic. Macs have been known to have cracks in their body often around the place where you place your hand when you use the keyboard/touch pad. They have also been known to decolorize to a nasty yellow around the same areas.
Their motherboards are nothing but typical OEM designed to be as cheap as possible. They are no more durable than Dell, and i would wager that PC manufacturers are the only manufacturing the Macs. There's only two or so major players in Taiwan. For me to argue it i have to know so much more, whereas you can play dumb and say "prove it," but i dont go around remembering these facts just in case i run into a Mac user one day so i can argue with them. But facts are facts. Apple's stuff isn't any better than anyone else because its still Intel/nVidia/AsusTek stuff. Your not going to pop open an apple mobo and find it cut three layers deep for performance. No, they are maximizing profits.
Weight
I've never seen anyone buy a 17incher that cared about weight since its like a rock anyways. So fine lets talk about whether you can get the same specs on a smaller machine. Yes.
Magsafe
Deny it all you want. Justify it all you want. Use it for a while and listen with others say its crap. It was announced in early 2006
and has been out since July 2006 or so.
http
/store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?pn=MA538LL/B&revw=MA538LL/B
948 reviews at a 2 star average! I guarantee you, for PCs, any component with that low of a rating on Newegg wouldn't get bought. But being Apple, who make such pretty products, people can't help it but keep getting burned, again and again.
Screen
Many brands have had LED screens more a long time now. The only reason that you sometimes won't fine one on PCs is to keep the costs down. The price you paid for your Mac, you have to admit, is ridiculous. Perhaps your rich. But make no mistake that plenty of PCs have LEDs. People just have the habit of comparing expensive Macs to cheap PCs.
Security
*nix systems, are more inherently safe than windows XP. But you don't see people comparing a 2009 car to a 2002 car do you? Vista is quite secure.
“As Nate dutifully noted Vista was hacked, but the rules had to be tweaked and hackers used an Adobe flaw to take the Vista laptop.” – quote from ZDnet march 31 2008 on own2pwn conference.
Once the results come in from 2009, we shall see. But ITS OBVIOUS THAT VISTA WON THE CONTEST. WON. Period. They had to tweak the rules so that vista could be hacked, but it was a flaw due to adobe and not Microsoft.
But your logic on security can work either way. Websites are hardly limited to exploiting just one type of security flaw. I'm sure you can make a webpage that exploits all systems at once, regardless of what the user is browsing under. So to think of it as a % is flawed.
Battery
Li-Poly batteries are more fragile. Known fact. The only reason apple makes the battery internal is so they can charge you a butt load to get it replaced. Unless its those new HP Boston Power batteries. Those do actually last 3x longer but i doubt that's what apple is using since it seems exclusive to HP.
Customer Support
Apple support is no better than anyone else. 2 free keys? Maybe if they made their laptops higher quality in the first place. But if thats the only problem you've had, you cannot judge. You'd have talk to a lot of people to get a real overall picture.
Running Windows OS
Paying extra money to buy software to run Windows on a machine that's already expensive doesn't make sense! I paid more, so ill pay more again? Dual booting works both days. You can just as well buy a PC and dual boot with OSX (although the legality of that is questionable). But to buy a Mac and then buy a legit windows again, thats again adding to the already large price.
Anyone whose been in a psychology class knows that emotions trump all reason. All emotions block reason. And the theory is that all emotion give the same reason. Heightened blood pressure, faster heart rate, etc. Whether it is love or hate. The only reason I like Macs is because they build good looking stuff. Thats also the reason why a lot of people "love" macs. You cannot reason with them. Its also the short/long argument. Most people don't have the patient or care to read up about technical stuff. So its a lot easier to say that Macs are more secure and that you don't get viruses when its blatantly obvious that Vista trumps Macs in security. Again, you cannot reason with a person who is in love! Its emotions!
FYI though, I've used Macs since high school days since Adobe CS until now, Adobe CS4. (indesign and photoshop). Back in those days, using Macs didn't make any sense due to them not implementing a damn 2 button mouse, and after they did, it even took adobe and other companies time to use it. Whereas in Windows since Photoshop pre CS series, you had double click.
But fine, lets talk now. What do you get on a Mac thats not on a PC? And what job are you talking about? Lets talk what i used it for. I wrote for both my high school newspaper and a little for UTD. All i can say is that the first day I saw a 2000 mac pro intel c2d based at school, it crashed in front of the group while we were watching a youtube video. This idea that Macs crash less is BS. Unproven, and only used as an argument due to the "love."
Using office, it also crashed more. Using Adobe CS-CS4, photoshop/indesign it also crashed more. Unlike xp/vista, you can just reboot and the system works again. On a Mac, you have to have a stupid external to use time machine and when it crashed, you could not boot up again. It would just be stuck on the loading screen. Fine, ignore me all you want, because i know you "love" macs, mostly due to looks. My experiences with macs are just that. Its almost unbelievable that people won't believe me. I emphasize again that i could not boot up the computer after it crashing in photoshop/indesign. Yet Mac users hear it and ignore it and then throw at me "windows has BSOD". Yeah? But can you reboot and continue working on the computer again? You know, so you can work with the files you saved on your computer and meet the deadline because you don't have 2-3 days to wait for the technician to fix it and then to tell you that all files on the system are lost? Due to a 1 program crash? BSOD anyday please! But chances are, most Mac lovers just read through it and just ignore all the bad about Apple.
The only reason I see anyone using a Mac is to look different. Basic image editing in photoshop or writing in word can be done on both OS.
Microsoft needs to stop BSing around and start using their clout to make manufactures make better looking PCs. Dell Adamo and Voodoo Envy or Lenovo U110/U130 just doesn't cut it across all market segments. But unlike mac users, i'd at least admit the only reason i'd buy a mac is because it looks good. All i do is web browsing and MS Word.
Apple keyboard looks good. They are some of the best looking keyboards. Desktop or laptop. But looking at the reviews online, it becomes obvious that it isn't as comfortable to most people. Apple makes a similar keyboard for the desktop. Looking at the reviews, they aren't good. But it really does look good. One of the best looking desktop keyboard with usb hubs, but read the reviews and look at the price.
Durability
Plastic is plastic. Macs have been known to have cracks in their body often around the place where you place your hand when you use the keyboard/touch pad. They have also been known to decolorize to a nasty yellow around the same areas.
Their motherboards are nothing but typical OEM designed to be as cheap as possible. They are no more durable than Dell, and i would wager that PC manufacturers are the only manufacturing the Macs. There's only two or so major players in Taiwan. For me to argue it i have to know so much more, whereas you can play dumb and say "prove it," but i dont go around remembering these facts just in case i run into a Mac user one day so i can argue with them. But facts are facts. Apple's stuff isn't any better than anyone else because its still Intel/nVidia/AsusTek stuff. Your not going to pop open an apple mobo and find it cut three layers deep for performance. No, they are maximizing profits.
Weight
I've never seen anyone buy a 17incher that cared about weight since its like a rock anyways. So fine lets talk about whether you can get the same specs on a smaller machine. Yes.
Magsafe
Deny it all you want. Justify it all you want. Use it for a while and listen with others say its crap. It was announced in early 2006
and has been out since July 2006 or so.
http
/store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?pn=MA538LL/B&revw=MA538LL/B948 reviews at a 2 star average! I guarantee you, for PCs, any component with that low of a rating on Newegg wouldn't get bought. But being Apple, who make such pretty products, people can't help it but keep getting burned, again and again.
Screen
Many brands have had LED screens more a long time now. The only reason that you sometimes won't fine one on PCs is to keep the costs down. The price you paid for your Mac, you have to admit, is ridiculous. Perhaps your rich. But make no mistake that plenty of PCs have LEDs. People just have the habit of comparing expensive Macs to cheap PCs.
Security
*nix systems, are more inherently safe than windows XP. But you don't see people comparing a 2009 car to a 2002 car do you? Vista is quite secure.
“As Nate dutifully noted Vista was hacked, but the rules had to be tweaked and hackers used an Adobe flaw to take the Vista laptop.” – quote from ZDnet march 31 2008 on own2pwn conference.
Once the results come in from 2009, we shall see. But ITS OBVIOUS THAT VISTA WON THE CONTEST. WON. Period. They had to tweak the rules so that vista could be hacked, but it was a flaw due to adobe and not Microsoft.
But your logic on security can work either way. Websites are hardly limited to exploiting just one type of security flaw. I'm sure you can make a webpage that exploits all systems at once, regardless of what the user is browsing under. So to think of it as a % is flawed.
Battery
Li-Poly batteries are more fragile. Known fact. The only reason apple makes the battery internal is so they can charge you a butt load to get it replaced. Unless its those new HP Boston Power batteries. Those do actually last 3x longer but i doubt that's what apple is using since it seems exclusive to HP.
Customer Support
Apple support is no better than anyone else. 2 free keys? Maybe if they made their laptops higher quality in the first place. But if thats the only problem you've had, you cannot judge. You'd have talk to a lot of people to get a real overall picture.
Running Windows OS
Paying extra money to buy software to run Windows on a machine that's already expensive doesn't make sense! I paid more, so ill pay more again? Dual booting works both days. You can just as well buy a PC and dual boot with OSX (although the legality of that is questionable). But to buy a Mac and then buy a legit windows again, thats again adding to the already large price.
Anyone whose been in a psychology class knows that emotions trump all reason. All emotions block reason. And the theory is that all emotion give the same reason. Heightened blood pressure, faster heart rate, etc. Whether it is love or hate. The only reason I like Macs is because they build good looking stuff. Thats also the reason why a lot of people "love" macs. You cannot reason with them. Its also the short/long argument. Most people don't have the patient or care to read up about technical stuff. So its a lot easier to say that Macs are more secure and that you don't get viruses when its blatantly obvious that Vista trumps Macs in security. Again, you cannot reason with a person who is in love! Its emotions!
FYI though, I've used Macs since high school days since Adobe CS until now, Adobe CS4. (indesign and photoshop). Back in those days, using Macs didn't make any sense due to them not implementing a damn 2 button mouse, and after they did, it even took adobe and other companies time to use it. Whereas in Windows since Photoshop pre CS series, you had double click.
But fine, lets talk now. What do you get on a Mac thats not on a PC? And what job are you talking about? Lets talk what i used it for. I wrote for both my high school newspaper and a little for UTD. All i can say is that the first day I saw a 2000 mac pro intel c2d based at school, it crashed in front of the group while we were watching a youtube video. This idea that Macs crash less is BS. Unproven, and only used as an argument due to the "love."
Using office, it also crashed more. Using Adobe CS-CS4, photoshop/indesign it also crashed more. Unlike xp/vista, you can just reboot and the system works again. On a Mac, you have to have a stupid external to use time machine and when it crashed, you could not boot up again. It would just be stuck on the loading screen. Fine, ignore me all you want, because i know you "love" macs, mostly due to looks. My experiences with macs are just that. Its almost unbelievable that people won't believe me. I emphasize again that i could not boot up the computer after it crashing in photoshop/indesign. Yet Mac users hear it and ignore it and then throw at me "windows has BSOD". Yeah? But can you reboot and continue working on the computer again? You know, so you can work with the files you saved on your computer and meet the deadline because you don't have 2-3 days to wait for the technician to fix it and then to tell you that all files on the system are lost? Due to a 1 program crash? BSOD anyday please! But chances are, most Mac lovers just read through it and just ignore all the bad about Apple.
The only reason I see anyone using a Mac is to look different. Basic image editing in photoshop or writing in word can be done on both OS.
Microsoft needs to stop BSing around and start using their clout to make manufactures make better looking PCs. Dell Adamo and Voodoo Envy or Lenovo U110/U130 just doesn't cut it across all market segments. But unlike mac users, i'd at least admit the only reason i'd buy a mac is because it looks good. All i do is web browsing and MS Word.
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