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What is up with all the PC people whining about how expensive Macbook Pro's are??
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My 2 cents
Not to be mean or disrespectful.
I switched to a Mac because of Vista. Don't get me wrong, I didn't love the constant viruses, or the anti-virus programs that sucked the speed out of my powerful pc's. I hated the fact that I had to regularly do a clean re-install to get the detritus out of the registry.
I would have put up with all of that and more if only the the "awe" of Vista were only partly true. Instead, my performance got even worse, and my drivers/programs no longer worked. In short, I just fell out of love with MS, and now really couldn't care about their products.
Apple isn't perfect but the products "just work" and work well. They originate and innovate while MS follows.
So you have a good product that may or may not work. Why should we care change what we love?
Just want to know.
sek
Not to be mean or disrespectful.
I switched to a Mac because of Vista. Don't get me wrong, I didn't love the constant viruses, or the anti-virus programs that sucked the speed out of my powerful pc's. I hated the fact that I had to regularly do a clean re-install to get the detritus out of the registry.
I would have put up with all of that and more if only the the "awe" of Vista were only partly true. Instead, my performance got even worse, and my drivers/programs no longer worked. In short, I just fell out of love with MS, and now really couldn't care about their products.
Apple isn't perfect but the products "just work" and work well. They originate and innovate while MS follows.
So you have a good product that may or may not work. Why should we care change what we love?
Just want to know.
sek
im not buying a mac just because of the "mac tax." and before i hear a million "but you get so much more"s i could care less about backlit keys or aluminum bodies. im going to hackintosh a netbook.
cool...I don't think anyone is telling you not to.
The touch pad that comes with the mac book (pros) is one of the best features and one of the things that make it worth the "tax". I haven't used a comparable trackpad to date.
Main reasons for me to go with a Mac:
- Nice screen - much better than any windows laptop in same price range.
- No viruses - so that I don't have to reinstall windows or do stupid recovery after a mis-click.
- Much better effeciency at utilize hardware: people want Core i7, i5 .. that's fine. But my SR MBP can run Snow Leopard and do everything just as fine (I'm a journalist and doing massive Lightroom task daily). I rarely heard any person complains about a slow Mac.
- OSX: this is a benefit, the idea of Hackintosh is nice, but doesn't sound very useful, especially without the fully support from hardware. When I switched a Mac, I can just copy the HDD and everything are still there. Also the Time Machine is much faster and more satisfying to use than any Windows-based backup solution for home and office users. Not to mention other features of the OSX.
- Better Battery: The combination of OSX and Li-poly batteries is outstanding. I just love it - especially when even the entry level macbooks have it all.
- Better build quality: just equip your MBP with an SSD and it's much more solid and compact than any of those laptop PC out there.
- Reputation: I know some people just consider this to be lame, but to appear in a crowd with a Mac feels much better than a PC (even with those Vaios) - at least for me.
... and some more.
PS: Of course the Windows laptops have the advantage of hardware customization and price, but with a Mac, you really get what you paid for, may be more.
- Nice screen - much better than any windows laptop in same price range.
- No viruses - so that I don't have to reinstall windows or do stupid recovery after a mis-click.
- Much better effeciency at utilize hardware: people want Core i7, i5 .. that's fine. But my SR MBP can run Snow Leopard and do everything just as fine (I'm a journalist and doing massive Lightroom task daily). I rarely heard any person complains about a slow Mac.
- OSX: this is a benefit, the idea of Hackintosh is nice, but doesn't sound very useful, especially without the fully support from hardware. When I switched a Mac, I can just copy the HDD and everything are still there. Also the Time Machine is much faster and more satisfying to use than any Windows-based backup solution for home and office users. Not to mention other features of the OSX.
- Better Battery: The combination of OSX and Li-poly batteries is outstanding. I just love it - especially when even the entry level macbooks have it all.
- Better build quality: just equip your MBP with an SSD and it's much more solid and compact than any of those laptop PC out there.
- Reputation: I know some people just consider this to be lame, but to appear in a crowd with a Mac feels much better than a PC (even with those Vaios) - at least for me.
... and some more.
PS: Of course the Windows laptops have the advantage of hardware customization and price, but with a Mac, you really get what you paid for, may be more.
Same reason I went to a Mac. Funny this thread just got updated. I was chatting with friend last night who has a spanking new HP Elite laptop, Windows 7 Enterprise, etc. He was busily working away, and he said it "blue screened" Bad driver...I just chuckled.
That's a good point. Vista was a fatally flawed OS, which caused unacceptable pain. Not to put too fine a point on it, no version of OS X has had such problems. In fairness to Microsoft, though, Windows 7 is far better than Vista ever was and promises to become the kind of workhorse XP was.