Macbook Pro: Cure for upgrade mania.

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I don’t much care for the direction Windows 8 is headed now either, but I’ll have the option of sticking with Windows 7 for years to come, as we still have new hardware being released today that is supported in Windows XP.

For me it's about the software first, the hardware second. The only equivalent software to OS/X for a PC is Linux, but Linux is inferior to OS/X in many ways. And with Linux you get a bad geek culture that is a kind of irresponsible, asocial, separatist snobbishness.

As for hardware, maybe Dell sells a high-end laptop that is as well built as the MBP, maybe not. I can't see myself spending over $1k on anything that has Windows on it. I hate Windows. MSDOS wasn't bad, but every Windows except XP always felt like a big computer virus.

 

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For me it's about the software first, the hardware second. The only equivalent software to OS/X for a PC is Linux, but Linux is inferior to OS/X in many ways. And with Linux you get a bad geek culture that is a kind of irresponsible, asocial, separatist snobbishness.

Not sure I get where you see the similarities between Linux and OS X—at least not on the user-facing side of things. (what actually mattters)

I can't see myself spending over $1k on anything that has Windows on it. I hate Windows. MSDOS wasn't bad, but every Windows except XP always felt like a big computer virus.

Sounds kind-of irrational. Windows 7 has been completely stable for me, no issues whatsoever. And Windows’ security is years ahead of OS X at this point.

Sure, things work differently from OS X, but there is absolutely nothing inherently bad about it.

Could you elaborate on why you think it’s so bad?