I think I'll just leave this here.
I think I'll just leave this here.
This just in: Lexus more expensive than Kia.
Mac is a closed system; Wintel (Windows/PC) is open. The average home-based computer geek cannot write software or create hardware for Mac, but he can for the PC. This has advantages and disadvantages.
About the only advantage I can see to a Mac is that they are less likely to have virus problems???
I’ve always been perplexed by windows people who seem to always want to write articles about Macs? Why bother when it is obivous that you went in looking for any bad you could find.
Pinging the mega-mac guy
Athough, I must admit that it's nice watching a dippy lib chick (hate those stupid glasses!) trash on Apple.
I wish that someone would tell women that wearing those oh-so-trendy glasses doesn't make them smart. Being Smart, makes them smart.
I actually have a tertiary acquaintance with Miss Lauren.
Nice kid for what it’s worth.
We went Mac 2 years ago and can’t imagine going back.
Yes, Macs cost more at time of purchase.
And yes, the Macs have been the least expensive PCs I’ve ever owned (PC owner since 1982).
I have saved literally hundreds of hours and mucho dinero by not having to play nursemaid to our multiple PCs. Conflicting DLLs, blue screen of death, viruses...can barely remember what those are.
“Good product pricing is about upsell.”
Macs are priced for maximizing Apple profit. while retaining enough value for consumers to buy.
PCs are priced based on the tough competition among multiple low-margin competitors.
The gap should not be surprising.
People are willing to pay for the “smug” factor.
Perfect example is the iPod. Pay 4x the cost of a “regular” mp3 player with the same memory, stuck with a required interface, have to deal with DRM, but “Look! It says Apple!”
That’s apparently important to some people.
(And not just girls in junior high...)
The 17-inch Macbook Pro is a much more advanced computer than the HP Lauren bought. Faster chip, higher-res screen, dedicated graphics chip, faster networking, thinner and lighter, Bluetooth-enabled...
It’s perfectly reasonable to decide that none of that stuff is worth the extra money to you. But the idea that Lauren finding an inferior product for less money (but it has the same size screen!) proves that “Macs are more expensive” does not follow.
For a long time, I wondered what the point of finely engineered German cars (Mercedes, BMW) were. I mean really, yeah they’re nicely done, but do you really need to pay that much more to get from point A to point B?
Then I drove on the Autobahn.
Up to 140MPH.
Standard cruising speed was 100MPH.
Then I understood.
It’s not something you can explain to someone who hasn’t done it, and who doesn’t want to understand.
Yeah, a Mac is more expensive than an allegedly equivalently configured PC.
If you’re just focused on straight comparison of grossly-specified components, you’re missing the point ... and you’re welcome to haggle with the cheaper machine, while the other one Just Works*.
(* - yeah, Macs aren’t perfect. Neither are BMWs. From experience, I’ll still pick them over their “equivalently equipped” counterparts.)
Larry Lucido - Why write a virus for a few Mac users?
astyanax - ...have to deal with DRM...
jdsteel - And a Mac just will not work with the secure online sites I need to visit daily.
To let this many myths stand...Apple is obviously not all that great at marketing...
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
Lauren has that same simpleton mindset that gets a moron like Obama elected.
There are millions of Laurens shopping the bargain racks at Wal-Mart...
March 26, 2009 - 11:57 P.M.Microsoft's new anti-Apple ad: Hardware is cheap!
Microsoft kicked off a new Crispin Porter + Boguksy-produced Ad campaign today with an advertisement aimed at people struggling in a tough economy. The ad doesn't really focus on Microsoft's Operating System software. In fact, nowhere during the commercial does Vista even make an appearance. I'll sum up the message for you:
"We allow our software to be installed on really cheap machines"
The hardware in question is the $699 at Best Buy HP - Pavilion Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor. The price goes up to $850 with Vista Pro.
It is the epitome of what people dislike about PCs.
And, after all, this machine is a piece of ... hardware. Microsoft makes software. You could just as easily throw Linux on that laptop - or even Mac OS with the Hackintosh hack.
- It runs Vista Home on a slow AMD mobile processor. It has DDR2 RAM which is what $300 Netbooks run. This is the type of setup that sparked the "Made for Vista" lawsuits.
- Its screen is abysmal. One reviewer said this model series "has the worst screen I have ever seen in my life. It's the 1440x900 screen and the viewing angles are so poor that even when sitting directly eye level with the screen it is totally washed out. If I go a little bit off-axis the screen results in a negative image. I was using the default settings. Unfortunately I didn't read reviews before i purchased." Ouch!
- It is loaded up with trial crapware and trial antivirus software that will need to be purchased or wiped offf the machine. Most people prefer to just format the drive and start with a fresh install of Windows (XP or 7).
- Its networking is five years old. 802.11G wireless and 100Mb Ethernet are surpassed by $300 Netbooks. 2004 called. It wants its motherboard back.
- The battery is said to last 2.5 hours. Real world usage is always close to around half of that. That means you can't watch a full movie on a battery charge. It also means that it will probably poop out on that commuter flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
- The thing is almost two inches thick and weighs in at almost eight pounds. Do you think that PC buyer wants to be hauling that thing around? She didn't look like she spend her afternoons pumping iron on Venice Beach.
Again, the takeway is that Microsoft will install their software on an extremely shoddy computer.
And this poor girl, the actress that Microsoft hired to play a person who is not an actress, is going to get a heavy, bulky slow Vista Home machine with a poor display, old networking equipment and weak battery loaded up with crapware.
"I'm a PC!"Bravo Microsoft.
If I were running the show over there, I'd point to the ASUS Eee 1000HE running XP. It really is different from anything Apple (currently) has in its lineup and offers the user a genuinely good experience for a recession friendly price.
If cost is important to her why not a Linux netbook?
The Mac is the tool used the most in the arts, graphics, and communication world. I have a friend who is a local conservative talkradio show hosts and he uses a Mac Pro laptop for his show and chatroom group gathering. :) =^..^=
