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Apple Sweeps Consumer Reports' Laptop Recommendations
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I guess this is why BMW was related last for reliability along with their German counterparts.
Well apparently some of the manufactures that you are talking about thinks that people like the looks. How else do you explain the lights on the cases that have multiple color choices. What about high end gaming PC manufactures like HP's VooDoo line, having options for painted cases that cost hundreds if not more then a thousand dollars, just for the case option!
How can I put someone on the ignore list?
Whatever the topic may be, this guy is only posting flamebaits and nothing else. Anecdotal reports vs surveys? Gimme a break.
The shocking truth is, I don't even like beemers. The dick-per-drivers ratio is extremely high.
Now lets look at this statement.
Is apples hardware the latest and fastest? no. Does it need to be? No, it EASILY covers the needs of damn near every average consumer.
What specifically on a macbook is crap hardware?
I guess this is why BMW was related last for reliability along with their German counterparts.
Yes but they are honest about it. They don't cripple engine performances at regular services to avoid taking a hit in regards to their reliability ratings. They are not hypocrites who sell you an unreliable engine and then try to hide the fact. They tell you immediately, you are paying for top of the line performance, that performance comes hand in hand with engine innovations which are not reliable. It would be one thing to cripple the video cards before they were sold on the market, it's something totally different to do so after the consumer has shelled out the cash expecting a certain degree of performance and then being told he can't have it.
Yeah I think that's what I said, though you like to vastly exaggerate it. OS X isn't a hog anyway so no worries for Mac users there.
Congratulations
WOW! So you sourced apple defects dot com? Nice! Who would guess it would be PACKED FULL of people having problems with their Apple products?
I personally have been using Apple products for a decade now and have never had anything close to a major issue with a Mac. My Wife, Father, Uncle, Aunt, Brother and Sister all have Macs, all have iPods (even back to gen2 classic) and some have iPhones without one defect as yet. Save my Uncle's Ti book with the breaking hinge problem, but hey, it still works! He actually had two, but one was stolen, so there's no telling on that one, but my wife has a Tibook and that thing has been a trooper even after several big drops, it's still in one piece.
You know, My Grandfather can't wear battery powered watches. They lose time. Once, when I was a kid, we had an 84 Volvo wagon, which were, at the time, decently reliable vehicles. We couldn't keep that thing running. So we gave it to some friends of ours and they never had another problem with it.
Maybe some people just aren't Mac compatible, but you're going to have to find at least a somewhat impartial source for Mac failure rates before you convince me Macs are that bad.
WOW! So you sourced apple defects dot com? Nice! Who would guess it would be PACKED FULL of people having problems with their Apple products?
I personally have been using Apple products for a decade now and have never had anything close to a major issue with a Mac. My Wife, Father, Uncle, Aunt, Brother and Sister all have Macs, all have iPods (even back to gen2 classic) and some have iPhones without one defect as yet. Save my Uncle's Ti book with the breaking hinge problem, but hey, it still works! He actually had two, but one was stolen, so there's no telling on that one, but my wife has a Tibook and that thing has been a trooper even after several big drops, it's still in one piece.
You know, My Grandfather can't wear battery powered watches. They lose time. Once, when I was a kid, we had an 84 Volvo wagon, which were, at the time, decently reliable vehicles. We couldn't keep that thing running. So we gave it to some friends of ours and they never had another problem with it.
Maybe some people just aren't Mac compatible, but you're going to have to find at least a somewhat impartial source for Mac failure rates before you convince me Macs are that bad.
Yeah don't you know? Mac users aren't allowed to have nice looking computers just PC gamers. Duh.
NYTimes reports that in the most recent issue of Consumer Reports, Apple's laptops rated highest across the 13", 14"-16" and 17" laptop categories.
WAIT! Microsoft says otherwise in their commercials!!
Who can I believe??!?
I would suggest that the Macbook is powerful enough for most consumers. However, I wouldn't mind an BTO option for a 9600M. That's the real problem. Not enough options.
Specifics. I want some damn specifics to back up the crap you spill!
And the price thing, thats your damn opinion, I know you have a hard time telling the difference between that and fact.
So, you're saying that all these defects would be okay as long as Apple lowered their prices? You complain about their poor quality. Then you say you want more people to buy Macs. How does that make any sense?
Wow -- another one of these types of threads. Not surprised. Here's my pat answer...
As a person who uses his computers for business, I want and need the best. Sure the hardware outlay MAY be more, but how valuable is my time? If I have less trouble of the next 4 years (which is what I expect my computer to give me at least in service), then whatever I spend over and above the cheaper competition is worth it. I buy the best to last the long haul, not save a $100 in the short term.
Off the path (but not really): I know people who have made literally a million dollars with pirated software that costs $450. How cheap do you have to be? If you're in college, yeah, I can see trying to cut costs every way you can, but most of us here are making money with our macs/pcs... I don't know how anyone can quibble over someone else's decision to try and buy quality.
As a person who uses his computers for business, I want and need the best. Sure the hardware outlay MAY be more, but how valuable is my time? If I have less trouble of the next 4 years (which is what I expect my computer to give me at least in service), then whatever I spend over and above the cheaper competition is worth it. I buy the best to last the long haul, not save a $100 in the short term.
Off the path (but not really): I know people who have made literally a million dollars with pirated software that costs $450. How cheap do you have to be? If you're in college, yeah, I can see trying to cut costs every way you can, but most of us here are making money with our macs/pcs... I don't know how anyone can quibble over someone else's decision to try and buy quality.
On your first point, since when does graphics professional = average consumer?? And anyway I'm pretty sure Macs are very popular with graphics professionals.
On the second two, Apple doesn't cater to the cheap design market like most PC companies do.
Weak graphics cards, this sounds like you should be on an Nvidia forum bashing their products!
It's the opinions of millions of people, which is the number 1 complaint about Macs.
Plus, it's a fact Macs are expensive, because they are significantly more than their PC counterparts.
As I said, my price configurations are far more reasonable than Apple's.
How does BMW not give off the image that their cars are perfect and free of any and all defects?
Its called marketing, you hype up your product regardless.
Im asking for your "the hardware is crap" statement. No its not the bleeding edge, but does it not function well?
Or is it just the opinion of you but your overinflated sense of ego makes it seem like millions of people? Good lord.
Bmw
I agree wholeheartedly. That last sentence is also true, and I used to dislike Beemers too for that very fact. Then my Mom got one. Every time I'm around that thing I find out some insane little innovative thing about it that just blows my mind. They put a lot of thought and engineering into those things.... Huh, sounds familiar. I guess don't hate the product, just hate the *******.
I agree wholeheartedly. That last sentence is also true, and I used to dislike Beemers too for that very fact. Then my Mom got one. Every time I'm around that thing I find out some insane little innovative thing about it that just blows my mind. They put a lot of thought and engineering into those things.... Huh, sounds familiar. I guess don't hate the product, just hate the *******.