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Originally Posted by dragonone
are you criticizing the machine because of how the salesperson sold it to you?
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No, I was criticizing the design. The fact that the sales guy was an idiot was just a bonus.
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any? We all get it. For the same price you can get an Acer with 4gbs ram and a 500gb hard drive. They also feel like plastic toys. Are you really that dense or quick to dismiss the fact that macbooks have a nicer aluminum case? Does that not warrant to be a factor in someone's choice when purchasing a laptop? Oh fuck, I feel stupid because I decided to buy a nice 'looking' laptop. I feel smarter already for avoiding the macbook bandwagon. So if I own both, I'm half as dumb?
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It has already been stated that there are other brands with aluminum laptops if that is your deciding factor. Yes some people prefer that case, to me a case isn't overly important. Something that has its importance on the inside should not be overly affected by the exterior design (unless it was a god awful case design that made you want to gouge your eyes out?). And don't lie, all that computers really are, are fancy toys
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I actually don't 100% know how a hackintosh works. Honestly. all the kext and modding of the EFI mind-boggles me. Having to think about whether or not an apple update will fuck me over also worries me. For someone that has more than one system, or is technological oriented like you, I'm sure it's ok and fun. For someone computer illiterate, like I already said, and I don't want to babysit them or be on the phone if some update does screw them over. But really, for a lot of us mac owners that really don't know how a hackintosh works, explain it to us please, in a way google can't.
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For some (but not all) you simply need to run a few things to trick OSX into thinking that it is being installed on a legitimate apple product, and there is no modification to the OS at all. There are iso's floating around for all kinds of motherboards out there, a full list is in a wiki. Apple updates do not affect all versions (I think the number of setups that can get away with accepting updates is increasing but don't quote me). If it isn't for an especially computer literate person, it is a good way to try OSX, and if they really love it enough THEN invest in the proprietary hardware.
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Those users that only wish to do simple tasks, I personally think OSX is more user-friendly. It's been the case where my parents think it's easier to use SL, but a lot of my friends that have been using windows since 3.1 simply returned their macbooks. I'm not sure Apple's goals were to have a user interface like Linux. They heavily skinned it so it'd be easy to use. If OSX is as complex to you as Linux, you're either a terminal freak or still looking for the right click.
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The point I am making is why would you buy a more expensive system for basic tasks? Is it really that much harder to double click on your internet browser to check your e-mail on a PC? If you only use a computer for 3 things, it shouldn't be that hard to remember how to do those 3 things. Please explain to me how that is supposed to be a valid argument.
My link between OSX and Linux was only that they make up a small portion of the market. What I was trying to say is for people who don't understand computers very well, it would be better if the bits they do know, are about the most common operating system. If they ever use someone elses computer with Windows but all they know is OSX then their small amount of knowledge is now useless.
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I'm not sure what you mean by the last parts. What great deal? That I can get you? Better sell all the apple stocks before they bankrupt from all the DOA 27" iMacs and when ppl figure out how useless the new i7's with nice screens are!
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I was being sarcastic, and basically pointing out that a good deal isn't such a good deal if the thing is DOA.