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i don't want you to own a mac

i don't want you to own a mac

Yeah, well I win because I don't want him to own a computer at all.

...Why is Apple so rediculously over priced?  And don't B.S. me with the BMW vs Fixed up Mustang metaphors.

Apple is rediculously over priced because they were diculously priced once before, and now they are again. 

If you don't want to hear metaphors and explainations then:

Dude, you're getting a Dell, off you go. 

Have a nice day.

Geez, why are you people being such smurfs? I think the questions about the price of macs vs. performance are well worth asking. And before you start flaming me, I've been using Macs since 1986, and still do.

Windows XP isn't a bad OS at all. I use it on my Dell laptop that my work provided, and compared to earlier versions of Windows it's really nice. I've always hated using Windows, but I don't hate XP, even if I still prefer my Macs.

When people come here with legitimate complaints and questions about Mac ownership and you all act like smurfing dickwads, you make the Mac and its owners look bad.

Geez, why are you people being such smurfs? I think the questions about the price of macs vs. performance are well worth asking. And before you start flaming me, I've been using Macs since 1986, and still do.

Windows XP isn't a bad OS at all. I use it on my Dell laptop that my work provided, and compared to earlier versions of Windows it's really nice. I've always hated using Windows, but I don't hate XP, even if I still prefer my Macs.

When people come here with legitimate complaints and questions about Mac ownership and you all act like wash your mouth foo dickwads, you make the Mac and its owners look bad.

Then why don't you field an answer to this gentleman who clearly stated that he doesn't want to hear a metaphorical answer instead of chastizing us?

edited for atrocious grammar

The question of price/performance/value ought to be showing up more, if only due to the alleged success of the switch campaign. There really should be quite a few PC users asking themselves and others "why buy a Mac?" The answer invariably comes down to the performance of the OS and the integrated software. That pretty much accounts for much of the price difference. Particularly for computers in the same 'class' as a Mac.

But in short, macs don't crash, they don't experience driver conflicts, they always connect to the internet, they never need a system re-install to solve problems, they just work.

And stop spelling ridiculous with an 'e'.

Geez, why are you people being such smurfs? I think the questions about the price of macs vs. performance are well worth asking. And before you start flaming me, I've been using Macs since 1986, and still do.

Maybe it's because there have been so many threads just like this one that we're tired of people not using the search function?

Rick,

I was right there with you three months ago.  Boy did I lose a lot of sleep the week before I bought my mac worrying that I was about to throw $3,700 away.

If apple is so hell-bent on all this switching garbage why don't they make their computer either more competively priced or upgrade the hardware to compete?

They are selling value, and have priced their machine in proportion to that value.  The value of the machine to the consumers is simply not correlated to the mhz rating.  That alone should tell you something.  These machines go beyond the mhz rating and the benchmarks and deliver something that is very difficult to acheive, not just in computers, but in any consumer product - the users of these machines fall head over heals in love with them.  It happens to everyone for a different reason, maybe OSX, maybe the ease of use, maybe the elegant software, or elegant design of the computer, etc., etc.  My bet is that if you get one, you will also fall in love for one reason or another.  This is common with Mac and is a rarity with PC's (I hated my PC most days).

Don't get me wrong, I think apple software is very elegant and well designed, but is it REALLY that much better?

Yes.  I don't know what you applications are, but go to an applestore or a CompUSA and try one out.  You will not believe it.  The stuff that is built into these machines is better than what you might get with a PC if you spent another $1000 on software.

For me, it is video archiving and editing and managing and playing my 10,000 MP3's.  I about fell over backwards at CompUSA when I first used iTunes and iMovie.  I thought - finally I have found a simple, yet powerful system that will do what I want with ease.  I love my Mac. 

3 Months after my purchase, I can look back on that week with no sleep last October and know that I made the right decision to spend a little more, for what seems a little less.  Great reward requires risk.  You perceive an Apple purchase as a risk right now, and I don't blame you.  I was there.  But there is a good chance that this risk will reap great reward.  I love my G4 867 DP so much, that at night, I unplug all the cords and take it up to bed with me and snuggle with it all night long.

Good luck with you decision, and don't lose too much sleep!!

Well said Czachorski, it takes a switcher to answer Ricks question, Kudos to Czachorski. 

I'm a Mac user who WANTS to believe rickwhite is genuine. But geeZ! I just can't sleep at night knowing it's been over a week since his first post. Someone please help. I compared two systems.  The system of asking for help and responding graciously vs. the system of trying to stir up discontent like an Iraqi operative sent from Canada to fund American anti-war rallies...