Are Mac users insane?

[Mr. Rude]

Is it just me or doesn't it seem REALLY fargin' stupid to pay an extra $200 for a smidgen more processor speed & a dvd burner (1.83 Ghz up to 2.0 Ghxz). And THEN to top it off to get an extra 20 gigs of HD space you shell out $200 on top of that!!

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wo/0.RSLID?mco=2D3AC798&nclm=MacBook

Hell, you can buy an external 160 HD for $100 now a days....

Check out the other prices for laptops & iMacs

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wo/6.RSLID?mco=2BF7FB2D&nclm=MacBookPro

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wo/8.RSLID?mco=2B5CF23F&nclm=iMac

Just seems like a TOTAL ripoff to me....Maybe that's why any git I see trying to sell a used mac has the price WAY too high...

/endrant :devil:

PS: These are priced in Canadian dollars.

[CanadaGirl]

They're paying for quality and security. There have been no known viruses or trojans that effect Mac's yet there are millions that effect Windows.

[Mr. Rude]

Yup...I agree with you about the virus issues....But most of the lusers I've dealt with are "Dumber than fried s**t" :)

They barely know how to browse a website.


DOH!! Before I insult any Mac users here.....I'm not trying to insult Mac users :)

But $200 more for an extra 20 Gigs & a black case? That's a bit far fetched to me...

Maybe if the black case could stop a bullet or brew beer, THEN I'd shell out for it.

[Rapscallion]

Oh, I don't know. I've known a few PC users who shelled out many a hard-earned quid to increase the speed of their graphics card by a minute fraction. They did this every time a new generation of cards came out.

Rapscallion

[Mr. Rude]

Touche!! Well, you can count me out of that bunch ;)

[Rapscallion]

Me too. Once upon a time, I would have been there save for the grace of low income. These days, I tend to look at my machine - two years old and still running any game I throw at it with immense smoothness - and wonder why I would need to upgrade.

Rapscallion

[The Gatekeeper]

Unless you have used a Mac recently and well aquainted with the operating system then you really don't know much about Mac's. To judge them only on their hardware is a very naive way to look at them.

If you think computers are mostly for gaming or you like to play with the innerworkings to tweak it, and aren't a Unix pro, then a Mac isn't for you. No one said that Macs were for everyone.

As far as lusers are concerned there are stupid people everywhere and most of these idiots are the reason for warnings on toasters to not bath with them. It really doesn't matter what kind of computer they are in front of, stupid is just plain stupid.

And yes I have a Mac. I have sold Macs, and currently work part-time selling HP computers. I am not a techinical person when it comes to computers, nor am I stupid. I use both OS's and know what I prefer to have at home.:wave:

[gbm85]

Paying what it costs to get what you want doesn't sound insane to me. I'm sure most people buying a Mac know that there are cheaper alternatives available, but aren't interested in them.

The mistake most people make is comparing Macs to Windows. Macs are computers, Windows is an operating system. There are plenty of secure operating systems that run on PCs, mostly Unix/Linux flavors. Heck, even OS X will run on most modern PCs with some patching (I run it just fine on my P4 laptop, complete with drivers for my integrated Broadcom wireless). And it's also possible to run Windows on the new Intel Macs, so saying that "Macs are secure" is inaccurate. OS X is very secure, but that's a separate thing from the Mac hardware.

[Crosshair]

They're paying for quality and security. There have been no known viruses or trojans that effect Mac's yet there are millions that effect Windows.
Writing a virus for a Mac is like counterfiting the Canadian Dollar. Sure you can do it, but it just isn't worth the trouble. If the Mac had 90% of the market share you can bet your butt there would be viruses for it.

As for quality, meh, that's a mixed bag. Generaly stuff tends not to break on a mac, but if something does, you tend to be SOL since you have to send the whole dammed thing back to apple for repair since spare parts are not readily available.

[Greenday]

They're paying for quality and security. There have been no known viruses or trojans that effect Mac's yet there are millions that effect Windows.

Fine, you want me to change that? I will. Viruses to all you Mac users! Mwahaha!!!

[tacohuman]

speaking as a pc user with (admittedly) limited mac experience, i can say this: from the time i power up my laptop to the time it's ready to begin working generally takes about 2-3 minutes...not a long time, but it can certainly seem that way when you've got something you need to do and you're staring at the screen waiting. the same sequence (power up to ready-to-work) on my friend's mac takes about 30 seconds. for me, that's a big difference. i've been considering switching to mac for some time now, for this reason and others.