After doing a fair amount of research, I have arisen to the following points on Apple, as a brand.
- Their customer service is impeccable.
- Their components are of excellent quality.
- The "Macbook Pro" works almost flawlessly.
- It does not get infected with viruses.
How much truth is there to this, from experience? Is it REALLY worth spending the extra dough on? Here are two laptops I am looking at purchasing, for school, and for gaming...
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-samsung-15-6-2nd-gen-intel-core-i3-2350m-laptop-300v5a-s07ca-black-300v5a-s07ca/10199306.aspx?path=6c69c727636298a866ec7ede2dd7e66den02
Samsung 15.6" 2nd Gen Intel Core i3-2350M Laptop (300V5A-S07CA) - Black
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/apple-apple-macbook-pro-13-3-3rd-gen-intel-core-i5-2-5ghz-laptop-english-md101ll-a/10178817.aspx?path=e3808295cb1e8e6fecc56c658ecc5c98en02
Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 2.5GHz Laptop - English
As you can see, a $700 margin between the Samsung laptop, and the Apple laptop. I am in a bind. The logical portion of my conscience is screaming to get the first one, because of the 750GB HDD, 6GB of RAM and the GeForce graphics card.
I am still debating, because of Apple's flawless customer service, and FutureShop's horrible customer service, where I had to wait (two times) for them to fix a product that would take them five minutes to fix, at the kiosk. This was exemplified by the employee going in back, and taking a part from one of the drawers, and adding it to the motherboard. Of course, it took a LOT of arguing and frustration for him to do the task.
- Their customer service is impeccable.
- Their components are of excellent quality.
- The "Macbook Pro" works almost flawlessly.
- It does not get infected with viruses.
How much truth is there to this, from experience? Is it REALLY worth spending the extra dough on? Here are two laptops I am looking at purchasing, for school, and for gaming...
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-samsung-15-6-2nd-gen-intel-core-i3-2350m-laptop-300v5a-s07ca-black-300v5a-s07ca/10199306.aspx?path=6c69c727636298a866ec7ede2dd7e66den02
Samsung 15.6" 2nd Gen Intel Core i3-2350M Laptop (300V5A-S07CA) - Black
http/www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/apple-apple-macbook-pro-13-3-3rd-gen-intel-core-i5-2-5ghz-laptop-english-md101ll-a/10178817.aspx?path=e3808295cb1e8e6fecc56c658ecc5c98en02
Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 2.5GHz Laptop - English
As you can see, a $700 margin between the Samsung laptop, and the Apple laptop. I am in a bind. The logical portion of my conscience is screaming to get the first one, because of the 750GB HDD, 6GB of RAM and the GeForce graphics card.
I am still debating, because of Apple's flawless customer service, and FutureShop's horrible customer service, where I had to wait (two times) for them to fix a product that would take them five minutes to fix, at the kiosk. This was exemplified by the employee going in back, and taking a part from one of the drawers, and adding it to the motherboard. Of course, it took a LOT of arguing and frustration for him to do the task.