[Moose4]

Nothing wrong with Macs or Mac apps at all—the price point is a killer though. I can put together just as good a Windows machine as a given Mac for about 60% of the price.

I don’t doubt that OS X is “better” than W7 (I’m still running Vista x64 personally). It’s just not worth several hundred extra dollars to get the same performance.

}:-)4

[Svartalfiar]

Macs are really only worth the extra price tag for two reasons:

1. People who work in video editing/videography. Macs do excel in this area.

2. People who have too much money and want to let everyone know they can spend 2-300% more for their computer.

Macs do, overall, run a bit better in general, but not worth the price tag for just that. And if you want to play a game, you’re mostly stuck with, um, about nothing. Starcraft II and thats about it.

[Mr. Blonde]

I can put together just as good a Windows machine as a given Mac for about 60% of the price.

Here are the specs, please show me where I can get one for 60% of the price

2.66GHz Intel Core i7 4MB shared L3 cache
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
15 in. 1440-by-900-pixel LED-backlit glossy display
512GB solid state drive

Subtotal is $3,899. I will let you slide on the unibody aluminum case as I don't think anyone else produces laptops with them.