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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe
I'm glad it helped!  And yeah I'd just say to check em all out and whatnot. Just see what you like best and such forth. |
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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
This isn't meant to be an insult or anything, but with PCs, the problem usually exists between the chair and the keyboard... meaning, a vast majority of the problems PC-users have are preventable user error. It's not so much an inherent limitation in the PC-based hardware and software as much as (usually) a lack of knowledge. Fortunately--for a lot of people--Mac makes their systems practically dummy-proof, but there's a tradeoff between usability (and as a result, reliability) vs. high price and a lot less options.
Personally, I think a person may be better served spending the effort necessary to educate themselves about how to properly operate and maintain a PC, versus spending the money for a solution that voids that need at the cost of control and options.
Sure, there are situations where a Mac may be preferable in a professional field where specific needs are met, without the extra baggage... but for a home user who surfs the web, listens to music, and maybe does some photo editing and word processing, there really isn't much justification for switching to a Mac unless the user really doesn't want to have to think about what they're doing on a computer, and doesn't mind spending the money.
That's pretty much what I think it ultimately comes down to.
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I think I can pretty much understand where you're coming from.
I mean, I don't have THAT many problems with my computer, the ones I do have are pretty annoying, but definitely not my fault. ;P
It's kind of old for a Dell, so it needs to be replaced, as I'm sure you know, more often that a Mac would have to be.
The problems are not fixable ones, they're ones I have to deal with, so I would rather just replace the computer completely (in this case, with another PC).
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Originally Posted by s_k
The only difference between a mac and a PC is the software  .
Yes they look fancy, but inside it's really just a computer with standard memory, standard cables, a standard harddisk. The same stuff you have in your computer. Especially the last years as Apple finally found out that their own processors sucked balls. They've now started using Intel processors. This meant there we some PC's that were so close to being a Mac, hardware-wise, that it's really easy to Run Mac OS (Apple's OS, like Microsoft has Windows) on them.
Apple would love you to believe that their hardware is any different, but it's really exactly (and I mean exactly) the same hardware, with a little apple printed on it. Only for their memory you pay 600 dollars while for the same amount of memory and the same brand and type (!!!) of memory at a regular store, so not an apple store, you pay 80 dollars. And I'm not exaggerating. These are really, literally, the figures in the Netherlands.
So, bottomline: A Mac is just a computer that runs another operating system. That's the only difference there is. And that's the whole reason you cannot play all games on it and that's the whole reason a lot of hardware won't work on it. |
I don't believe their hardware is different.
Something that matters IS the build for me. I'm a college student, and lugging around this huge 18 inch screen PC that doesn't work unless it's plugged in has definitely held me back. While my friends (PC users and Mac users) are walking around easily, throwing their computers in their bags and going off with them, I'm not able to do that as easily.
So the size as well as the build is DEFINITELY important to me.
And before anyone blames me for having chosen my laptop, it was a gift.
I got it from a family member and it had been two years old but had never been used.
If any of you have been to college, I'm sure you know how much of a burden that takes off your back financially.
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