^ The last time I bought a desktop, the guy at the store tried talking me into a Mac, telling me about how nice having it all integrated into the screen was and such. Then I asked him how do you upgrade it if it's a sealed unit. He was confused and kept asking me why on earth I would want to upgrade the disk drive or the video card, and that if something failed it's "no big deal because you just send the whole thing in."
Riiiiight
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i still think the arguments here are extremely defensive for PC's. Don't PC's have .... 80-90% market share? What's with the hate lol
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They are defensive for PC's because for almost the entire population, a PC is better.
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I don't really think mac's are outrageously priced for their innards. hp came close to apple's physical quality with they envy, but no surprises, it costs even more than a macbook (both have +'s and -'s). I only buy the refurbs, and I don't think the differences amount to a difference of $500+, especially for the aluminum casing and zero flex on the chasis, plus another OS.
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The innards are no better than any PC. I'm not sure what you mean about flex, I've never seen a laptop flex under sane use.
[QUOTE=dragonone;6715215Who in their right mind would recommend a hackintosh to their parent's or the next computer illiterate person? If anything, this is a chance to learn two OS's and have the flexibility between the two. Any issue with a mac can be equally handy to solve with google as well.[/QUOTE]
A Hackintosh functions
exactly like a Mac, so really that is the best way to expand your knowledge without blowing money on something you might hate. Do you even know how a Hackintosh functions? Probably not.
That, and most computer illiterate people can't figure out PC's, which as you said have ~90% of the market. If you can't figure out the most common OS, you shouldn't be getting fancy and toying around with OSX or even Linux. Why direct what little knowledge you have towards the minority?
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I agree with most apple users wanting to be cool and following the trend. but the 99% don't know shit about technology is just BS. If you truly knew about technology like you're trying to sound like, mac should be even easier and more intuitive to use compared to MS's UI. I use both, XP>SL>W7 on two machines. They're equally great to use and deserve to be tried by all.
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It's true, go ahead and poll Mac users, 99 our of 100 will not know a single technical thing about the machine they are using.
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But for those that only want the great screens, the Dell Ultrasharps and certain NEC models have 110% color gamut as well, you don't 'have' to get a mac or this.
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Oh good, thanks for the heads up. Mac's are now officially useless.
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The 27" iMac's are supposedly a bargain for what you get, aside from the recent DOA issues.
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"Oh hey yeah I can get you a great deal on a new Mac, only there's a chance
it might not fucking work"