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Why are new macs so expensive.
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This really depends on what system you are comparing. In the comparison of desktops that i did the imac(the 2ghz model) would play games better then the same priced Dell. As the video card is not on board integrated video like the dells.
Then don't buy one. They are not budget computers and if they were, they wouldn not be very successful.
Do you write BMW and bitch about their pricing? Nope.
Crap analogy.
BMWs are german made cars made in Germany. Other cars are American/Chinese/Japanese made made in America/China/Japan.
BMWs produces like 400 brake HP. Other cars produces 200 brake HP if you are lucky.
BMWs handle way better than other cars. Other cars are... well... other cars.
Macs are made in china just as other PCs are, uses the same crap components (cue in the C2D grainy/uneven backlit LCD screens on the MBPs), and are for all intents are purposes, pretty much the same really.
They also come in limited configurations and forces you to get more than what you need at no benefit to you.
To try and make Apple out to be some luxury or premium thing is just silly, unlike everything else, Apple's quality largely is in its perception and not in the reality.
You actually think that? Really? I get what you're trying to say, but Macs are more than the sum of their parts.
Also it depends on what game.
As for the OP's question about why "new" Macs are so expensive: Apple from the beginning have sold their stuff for higher prices that other companies. A Mac is really geared towards people that want graphics work to be done on it etc. I have a Mac because I grew up on it. If you really want to play games, then a Mac really isn't for you. If by chance you have an Intel based Mac you can easily install Windows XP (or if you're adventurous Vista) and run Windows based games as if you were on a generic Dell or HP running Windows. With that said, that pretty much covers why [new] Macs are considerably more expensive than PCs.
I agree with the person here that said Macs are cheaper in the long run when it comes to maintenance. That's so true. I know what I'm doing on my Mac, so I never need to call
. I have friends who have Macs, and they never call me for help. It's just that easy to use.
I've upgraded lots of processors in lots of Macs. In fact, this company has spent the last 20 years focusing almost exclusively on this market.
I see the point you were trying to make, but majority of BMWs sold (lower end 3 and 5 series sedans) underperform their German, American, Japanese, and Swedish rivals in terms of horsepower and acceleration. In fact,
So, really, if I were trying to make the point you are trying to make (which I disagree with), I would say Apple is exactly like BMW in every way. Well... except for the fact that unlike BMW, there isn't really a large number of competitors that far outperform Apple.
I guess you could call it a crap analogy.
Posts like these aren't helpful... The OP asked a question and people are trying to help them answer it. This post does absolutely nothing to solve the task at hand, and is actually very counter-productive, because now a couple of posts have been wasted on telling you that this was a poor post... [The Mac Mini isn't really worth what you get... I would stray from it]
So, to the OP, you've had a lot of good posts here discussing how Macs and PC's are actually close in value, when comparing similar spec'd machines. If all he wants to do is check email, then honestly, he may be just fine with the $400 PC... There's nothing really wrong with that. Apple isn't after that market, so they don't make a machine for you...
Your questions should all have been answered by the previous posts. It may take just showing yourd dad the cool things that Macs can do. My girlfriend bought a Mac just because she saw me working on one a lot and saw how much I liked it, not because I blurted specs at her...
Good luck to ya! Hope we've been of help [except for that guy I quoted...]
dpaanlka- Yeah that's a professional company, changing processors on a mac is harder than charing one on a PC. I'm not saying you can't.
Not all BMW's produce 400hp lol, not many do. Unless you fork out 100g's+
for a m3. In Australia, we have cars producing about 400hp+ and 550 torque that are like 50% cheaper.
Mac = Benz
PC = Nissan Skyline with hella lot of mods.
Not all BMW's produce 400hp lol, not many do. Unless you fork out 100g's+
for a m3. In Australia, we have cars producing about 400hp+ and 550 torque that are like 50% cheaper.
Mac = Benz
PC = Nissan Skyline with hella lot of mods.
Well obviously you didn't click the link. "Changing processors" for many many Mac models is no harder than buying a new processor board from that company, and putting it in yourself. I get that you're saying iMacs are not upgradeable, but all Macs are not the same. Lots of people are upgrading the Mac Pro and Mac Mini processors already. And tons of people upgrading older Power Macs, certain iMacs, and older PowerBooks.
Huh? I have a year-old dual core 2.0 G5 tower with a 1 Ghz bus speed. Where are you getting the 667Mhz? Is that on the iMac?
You agree that the Apple Mac is a better machine and the OS is better and the customer support is better but you are not willing to pay more for those features?
How do you think those things might be better in the first place?
leekohler- Yep i was referring to the iMac but it might get bumped up to 800mhz because of Santa Rosa.
dpaanlka So would i buy able to put a QX6700 into a Mac Pro?
Sorry I forgot to visit the site, hmmm it seems that mostly Powermacs are able to get processors from that site, but anyways I understand now.
dpaanlka So would i buy able to put a QX6700 into a Mac Pro?
Sorry I forgot to visit the site, hmmm it seems that mostly Powermacs are able to get processors from that site, but anyways I understand now.
No it's a different type of processor, you can however put 5300 series quad core chips in.
Why are macs so expensive?
In australia, mac are getting dangerously close to dell prices (traditionally the cheapest brand of PC manufacturer), although nowhere near the private outlets which will get you an awesome, NASA-like machine for the price of 20" iMac
you can't compare dell's to macs on just processor, ram, HDD and VGA
what's the speed of the ram? what's quality of the VGA? what's the quality of the sound card (if applicable with dells)? what's the speaker quality (again, if applicable)?what's the screen quality, what's the keyboard and mouse quality? what's the webcam/microphone (again, if any)? how much noise does the dell make compared to the iMac?
and that's before we get to the software
but on a tangent, what i've found shocking in australia, is that apart from dell...iMacs are actually cheaper than all the PC's in mainstream stores
i mean...the edu iMac is going for AU$1350 in some places
In australia, mac are getting dangerously close to dell prices (traditionally the cheapest brand of PC manufacturer), although nowhere near the private outlets which will get you an awesome, NASA-like machine for the price of 20" iMac
you can't compare dell's to macs on just processor, ram, HDD and VGA
what's the speed of the ram? what's quality of the VGA? what's the quality of the sound card (if applicable with dells)? what's the speaker quality (again, if applicable)?what's the screen quality, what's the keyboard and mouse quality? what's the webcam/microphone (again, if any)? how much noise does the dell make compared to the iMac?
and that's before we get to the software
but on a tangent, what i've found shocking in australia, is that apart from dell...iMacs are actually cheaper than all the PC's in mainstream stores
i mean...the edu iMac is going for AU$1350 in some places