Is it still under warranty? It sounds like your touchpad button is a bit defective or wonky. Mine responds left, right, and center.
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Why Should the MacBook be more expensive than Windows Laptops?
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Is it still under warranty? It sounds like your touchpad button is a bit defective or wonky. Mine responds left, right, and center.
http://www.musingsfrommars.org/2005/04/of-course-macs-are-more-expensive.html
one view on it... you have to be careful when comparing specs too...since I have a mac with abysmal specs when compared to todays pcs but it still outperforms most of them. (1ghz eMac 1gb ram etc)
And the Operating System alone makes it worth while... especially for those of us who don't feel like hacking a PC to make it run OSX.
hmmm.. thinner.. lighter.. and a superior OS def DO warrant a 300 buck jump if you ask me.
one view on it... you have to be careful when comparing specs too...since I have a mac with abysmal specs when compared to todays pcs but it still outperforms most of them. (1ghz eMac 1gb ram etc)
And the Operating System alone makes it worth while... especially for those of us who don't feel like hacking a PC to make it run OSX.
hmmm.. thinner.. lighter.. and a superior OS def DO warrant a 300 buck jump if you ask me.
It is, I just bought the 2.16 refurb from the apple store.
I'll make a trip maybe to the nearest apple store in a month when i can get a day off (I work in retail so xmas is not an easy time).
It's not a massive problem, it'll sometimes function on the left with a very firm push, it just doesn't have the click feel of the centre or right so I just have to angle my left hand under my right and hit either the centre or the right side and it works fine.
It is more expensive because you pay for the quality of this excellent computers that have less problems than pcs,and well the image has also something to do.Macs are worth the price...quality,beauty and easy to use....much more than other computers can offer,no matter how hard they try.And well as we say in Spain "Al final lo barato sale caro",which means:"At the ends what it is cheap ends up being expensive"...you can buy a macintosh that can last 3 or 4 years and you should not have any problems but you can buy a pc an in those 3 or 4 years you would need to buy a new one the second year...SO what is cheaper at the end..having to buy one computer(Macintosh)or having to buy two computers because the quality is bad???
Actually its the other way around. PCs can be upgraded along the way to cater for big guns like Crysis. My iMac however . But in essence I agree. When you buy a PC you own a PC. When you buy a Mac you become part of a new lifestyle. (Yes, I can be hired, we can work out my salary. Tell Mr. Jobs we will do lunch at Amarone. His treat)
A few reasons... =)
*. Longer usable life (3-5 years in general)
*. Higher resale value
*. Lower cost of ownership.
*. Doesnt get slow much after a long time of use (windows get super slow after a few months and requires tweaks, defrag, reformat, etc.)
*. You can install tons of apps and it won't slow down the computer (Windows have registery issues)
*. Can open multiple apps and multiple large documents and switch between the apps and documents without slow down to a crawl. (Windows have virtual memory swap file issues)
*. Does not need to pay $$ to buy anti-virus and anti-spyware
*. Processor can run at full speed (as oppose to windows machines running anti-virus and anti-spyware which slows downs windows by as much as 10-20%)
*. No pre-installed crapplets
*. comes with iLife and other software you can actually figure out without manual; you can make amazing stuff
*. Quieter.
*. No multiple vents and various protrusions on the bottom of laptop
*. Comes with remote, web cam, microphone, optical audio input/output, bluetooth, wireless-n, gigabit ethernet, firewire, DVI, etc.
*. Smaller, lighter power supply, better cord management, overall more compact and lighter. Faster to pack and unpack.
*. Balanced weight distribution (very useful if you are walking around with it on one hand.
*. Long battery life due to more efficient power management of OSX
*. Actually goes to sleep/ hibernate when you close the lid
*. Easy to connect to secure and open wireless networks of your choice (1 click!)
*. Doesn't sound like a fisher price toy for 2 year old
*. No need to click "Start" to shut down your computer
*. Girls love macs (and owners of macs)
Also,
http://www.apple.com/getamac/
*. Longer usable life (3-5 years in general)
*. Higher resale value
*. Lower cost of ownership.
*. Doesnt get slow much after a long time of use (windows get super slow after a few months and requires tweaks, defrag, reformat, etc.)
*. You can install tons of apps and it won't slow down the computer (Windows have registery issues)
*. Can open multiple apps and multiple large documents and switch between the apps and documents without slow down to a crawl. (Windows have virtual memory swap file issues)
*. Does not need to pay $$ to buy anti-virus and anti-spyware
*. Processor can run at full speed (as oppose to windows machines running anti-virus and anti-spyware which slows downs windows by as much as 10-20%)
*. No pre-installed crapplets
*. comes with iLife and other software you can actually figure out without manual; you can make amazing stuff
*. Quieter.
*. No multiple vents and various protrusions on the bottom of laptop
*. Comes with remote, web cam, microphone, optical audio input/output, bluetooth, wireless-n, gigabit ethernet, firewire, DVI, etc.
*. Smaller, lighter power supply, better cord management, overall more compact and lighter. Faster to pack and unpack.
*. Balanced weight distribution (very useful if you are walking around with it on one hand.
*. Long battery life due to more efficient power management of OSX
*. Actually goes to sleep/ hibernate when you close the lid
*. Easy to connect to secure and open wireless networks of your choice (1 click!)
*. Doesn't sound like a fisher price toy for 2 year old
*. No need to click "Start" to shut down your computer
*. Girls love macs (and owners of macs)
Also,
http://www.apple.com/getamac/
Also, Apple makes like EXACTLY what I want , EXACTLY what I like. Microsoft seems to make everything for business users..
Apple makes stuff for people to have fun and be productive. And just the design is awesome. If you were to compare Apple and Microsoft, then I think , Apple would be the pearl in the bag of ****.
If for "business users" you meant paper pushers who are trying to look busy by working on an severely inefficient OS that makes them go through all kind of options and menus to do simple things, then yeah. =)
Otherwise, as you said "Apple makes stuff for people to have fun and be productive". Plenty of people in business do have to be productive and thus uses Apple.
For example
http://www.apple.com/itpro/
*. Longer usable life (3-5 years in general) According to whom?
*. Higher resale value Perhaps.
*. Lower cost of ownership Ehh, do you run a business? Electronic equipment in a private setting always means a write off.
*. Doesnt get slow much after a long time of use (windows get super slow after a few months and requires tweaks, defrag, reformat, etc.). - I invite you to visit my company, we have been running Windows XP PCs in an professional environment for years on end. Slow they are not.
*. You can install tons of apps and it won't slow down the computer (Windows HAS registery issues). - Im just a clodhopper, but name but a few?
*. Can open multiple apps and multiple large documents and switch between the apps and documents without slow down to a crawl. (Windows HAS virtual memory swap file issues). - Does it? Doesnt this depend on the amount of (cheap) physical memory that is available?
*. Does not need to pay $$ to buy anti-virus and anti-spyware. - There are numerous of free solutions available.
*. ProcessorS can run at full speed (as opposeD to windows machines running anti-virus and anti-spyware which slows downs windows by as much as 10-20%). - Any processor can always run at full speed.
*. No pre-installed crapplets. That is an expression you picked up here.
*. comes with iLife and other software you can actually figure out without manual; you can make amazing stuff. Show me yours.
*. Quieter. BS.
*. No multiple vents and various protrusions on the bottom of laptop. How many times do you look at the bottom of your laptop, the keyboard is on the other side.
*. Comes with remote, web cam, microphone, optical audio input/output, bluetooth, wireless-n, gigabit ethernet, firewire, DVI, etc. Take a good look at non Apple laptops.
*. Smaller, lighter power supply, better cord management, overall more compact and lighter. Faster to pack and unpack. BS
*. Balanced weight distribution (very useful if you are walking around with it on one hand. BS, it is not a dog.
*. Long battery life due to more efficient power management of OSX. Yeah, right.
*. Actually goes to sleep/ hibernate when you close the lid. My Dell has been doing this for 4 years in a row. Yawn.
*. Easy to connect to secure and open wireless networks of your choice (1 click!) Before or after you enter the pass phrase?
*. Doesn't sound like a fisher price toy OF 2 yearS old Youve got me there!
*. No need to click "Start" to shut down your computer Meaning?
*. Girls love macs (and owners of macs) 10 year old girls perhaps. Older girls love something else.
um, she does not look like a 10 year old.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/338004/
In the corporate environment, the costly IT department usually optimizes machines, performs extra maintainence, and restricts user's ability to install new programs. Windows does not come out of the box that way. Even with a limited number of programs running, you still have BSOD
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/371959/
Yes, I do run a business.
Crapplets = crapware = bloatware
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070111-8598.html
Windows registery issues
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=windows+registry+issues&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Windows swap file problems
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...sult&cd=1&q=windows+swap+file+problem&spell=1
A person don't have to look at the bottom of laptop. You do know it's called a laptop because you can put it on a lap. Your lap is partially consists of skins and muscles, muscles have nerves, and nerves can sense when there is an item (or so called laptip) with indentations and exhaust fans are blowing air into them.
Dell are known for their inability to properly go to sleep. Most wintel users shut their laptops down, even if they travel for 30 minutes.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=dell+sleep+issues&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
To shut down Windows xp, move mouse over to the botton left of the screen. Click "Start", click again, then click shut down.
Apparently you have never used a Mac laptop.
By the way, how's that Vista treating you?
^ all i can say is that you need to get your girl a smaller laptop.. or give her an iphone for her next photo session..
I would also kick her ass for posting picks up like that on a board where people* are free to masturbate to them.
*me.
(That was a joke.. i'm impotent)
I would also kick her ass for posting picks up like that on a board where people* are free to masturbate to them.
*me.
(That was a joke.. i'm impotent)
um, she does not look like a 10 year old.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/338004/
Saying macs get you girls sounds a bit childish and IMHO doesn't fit in a serious discussion, but I think you meant it more as a joke, so i'll ignore it.
In the corporate environment, the costly IT department usually optimizes machines, performs extra maintainence, and restricts user's ability to install new programs. Windows does not come out of the box that way. Even with a limited number of programs running, you still have BSOD
I haven't seen a BSOD for a very long time and i have been using quite a few windows machines. And you're exaggerating with the "costly IT department". When I setup a machine for a friend, I can make it pretty secure in half an hour or so and it doesn't need any special intervention later on.
Crapplets = crapware = bloatware
This is not the fault of the OS and it depends entirely on the laptop maker. Some do load your machine with a bunch of crappy software, some don't. AFAIK many give you the option to decide. And when i bought my MacBook, it also came preinstalled with a bunch of trial software i didn't want (e.g. MS Office). Other Mac using friends advised me to do a fresh installation first.
Windows registery issues
Well, this is like saying Macs have constant kernel panic issues, just because I can enter "macbook kernel panic" in google and get a bunch of results. Your google search doesn't prove anything and I honestly don't know what kind of registry issues you are talking about. Name a few?
Windows swap file problems
OK, true to an extent, Windows did not manage swap files nicely in the past. But this has gotten much better lately and also, as someone else said earlier, memory is very very cheap these days (unless you buy it from Apple) so swap files are slowly becoming a part of history.
A person don't have to look at the bottom of laptop. You do know it's called a laptop because you can put it on a lap. Your lap is partially consists of skins and muscles, muscles have nerves, and nerves can sense when there is an item (or so called laptip) with indentations and exhaust fans are blowing air into them.
Well, I happen to own a MacBook (think it falls into the mentioned laptop category) and rarely use it on my lap, because it has a bad habit of getting really warm underneath.
Dell are known for their inability to properly go to sleep. Most wintel users shut their laptops down, even if they travel for 30 minutes.
To say ALL laptops of a certain company have trouble going to sleep is a bit silly. Perhaps some here and there do, but thats entirely the fault of the producer, and usually gets fixed soon with an update. Windows has made a lot of progress here. And don't know where you got that thing about wintel users - nearly everyone i know with windows laptops (including all 4 roomates) use sleep regularly and without problems.
To shut down Windows xp, move mouse over to the botton left of the screen. Click "Start", click again, then click shut down.
To shut down OS X, move mouse over to the top left of the screen. Click "Apple", click again, then click shut down. If you were referring to the direct use of the power button - you can do that on any windows laptop too and it usually takes less clicks.
By the way, how's that Vista treating you?
Works suprisingly well. On the MacBook. And has some features I miss in OS X. Definitely the best Windows around.
I don't want to be somekind of a Windows zealot here, because as I mentioned already, I own a MacBook, I use OS X regularly and do find it better than windows in many ways. But that doesn't mean I have to bash Windows endlessly and without much arguments. Most things you mentioned perhaps do have some truth in them, but mostly they are a thing of the past or just highly exaggerated, nowadays almost mythical things.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/338004/
Saying macs get you girls sounds a bit childish and IMHO doesn't fit in a serious discussion, but I think you meant it more as a joke, so i'll ignore it.
In the corporate environment, the costly IT department usually optimizes machines, performs extra maintainence, and restricts user's ability to install new programs. Windows does not come out of the box that way. Even with a limited number of programs running, you still have BSOD
I haven't seen a BSOD for a very long time and i have been using quite a few windows machines. And you're exaggerating with the "costly IT department". When I setup a machine for a friend, I can make it pretty secure in half an hour or so and it doesn't need any special intervention later on.
Crapplets = crapware = bloatware
This is not the fault of the OS and it depends entirely on the laptop maker. Some do load your machine with a bunch of crappy software, some don't. AFAIK many give you the option to decide. And when i bought my MacBook, it also came preinstalled with a bunch of trial software i didn't want (e.g. MS Office). Other Mac using friends advised me to do a fresh installation first.
Windows registery issues
Well, this is like saying Macs have constant kernel panic issues, just because I can enter "macbook kernel panic" in google and get a bunch of results. Your google search doesn't prove anything and I honestly don't know what kind of registry issues you are talking about. Name a few?
Windows swap file problems
OK, true to an extent, Windows did not manage swap files nicely in the past. But this has gotten much better lately and also, as someone else said earlier, memory is very very cheap these days (unless you buy it from Apple) so swap files are slowly becoming a part of history.
A person don't have to look at the bottom of laptop. You do know it's called a laptop because you can put it on a lap. Your lap is partially consists of skins and muscles, muscles have nerves, and nerves can sense when there is an item (or so called laptip) with indentations and exhaust fans are blowing air into them.
Well, I happen to own a MacBook (think it falls into the mentioned laptop category) and rarely use it on my lap, because it has a bad habit of getting really warm underneath.
Dell are known for their inability to properly go to sleep. Most wintel users shut their laptops down, even if they travel for 30 minutes.
To say ALL laptops of a certain company have trouble going to sleep is a bit silly. Perhaps some here and there do, but thats entirely the fault of the producer, and usually gets fixed soon with an update. Windows has made a lot of progress here. And don't know where you got that thing about wintel users - nearly everyone i know with windows laptops (including all 4 roomates) use sleep regularly and without problems.
To shut down Windows xp, move mouse over to the botton left of the screen. Click "Start", click again, then click shut down.
To shut down OS X, move mouse over to the top left of the screen. Click "Apple", click again, then click shut down. If you were referring to the direct use of the power button - you can do that on any windows laptop too and it usually takes less clicks.
By the way, how's that Vista treating you?
Works suprisingly well. On the MacBook. And has some features I miss in OS X. Definitely the best Windows around.
I don't want to be somekind of a Windows zealot here, because as I mentioned already, I own a MacBook, I use OS X regularly and do find it better than windows in many ways. But that doesn't mean I have to bash Windows endlessly and without much arguments. Most things you mentioned perhaps do have some truth in them, but mostly they are a thing of the past or just highly exaggerated, nowadays almost mythical things.
The Intel Mac laptops do not have as good resale value as the PPC laptops had in the past. I have had 2 Intel Mac laptops and 2 PPC laptops (more recently) and i had difficulties shifting them all at what i thought was a decent price. If you look on Ebay you will see auctions going for less than you would expect.
http://computers.search-completed.e...rppZ50QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ1QQguestZ1QQsacatZ141177
I bought a first gen MBP and it had a rrp of £1,800 when it was released. Thankfully i never paid that for it but a few months down the line i tried to sell it when Apple made a processor refresh and people were offering me £1,000 for it. I also saw some go on Ebay at that time for less than £1,000. Thankfully Apple took it back and upgraded me anyway but if i would have sold that notebook i would have not made a good return at all on that notebook. The second MBP i owned i managed to sell it for slightly underneath student prices and this notebook was only a few weeks old when i decided to sell it. Luckily i never paid full rrp to Apple for it as i would have taken a hit.
With Mac's that i had when i first installed them i would end up deleting the trial software like FilmMaker?/Aperture Trial, iWorks and Words. I would also then go and clean out the extra keyboard layouts that take up to much space on the HD and other stuff. I also end up deleting the majority of the pre set url links that Apple install.
With this Dell i had two things to delete Roxio (which was not bloatware i just did not like it) and something else it was not a big deal. Some companies do like to install a lot of bloatware but Dell is not that bad. I also don't think that Vista installed any extra language packs. I think some people like to complain over anything as well and they get a bit to defensive.
I am a female and i like Mac products but this XPS M1330 is my favourite laptop to date though. The smaller size and the features is what won me over. I am not all that keen on the look of the MB's and i also do not like integrated graphics but the MBP's i think are very nice but i don't like the 15 inch size. I like the interface of the Mac OSX and it is more secure but I like Vista as well and i don't have any problems with it.
Dell is also rated about 2nd or 3rd in the industry when it comes to customer support. I found after sales XPS customer support to be superb. They have next day onsite repairs you will not left without a computer for a week or more if you have a breakdown. You will not be told to take your computer to a repair centre either. To me this a plus.
This notebook i have is very quiet. I have had MBP's than ran hotter and louder.
Battery life is also very good also. You cannot say that battery life will be worse on a PC notebook that is a bit of a ridiculous thing to say.
I also know people who are still using PC desktops and notebooks that are over 4 years old.
http://computers.search-completed.e...rppZ50QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ1QQguestZ1QQsacatZ141177
I bought a first gen MBP and it had a rrp of £1,800 when it was released. Thankfully i never paid that for it but a few months down the line i tried to sell it when Apple made a processor refresh and people were offering me £1,000 for it. I also saw some go on Ebay at that time for less than £1,000. Thankfully Apple took it back and upgraded me anyway but if i would have sold that notebook i would have not made a good return at all on that notebook. The second MBP i owned i managed to sell it for slightly underneath student prices and this notebook was only a few weeks old when i decided to sell it. Luckily i never paid full rrp to Apple for it as i would have taken a hit.
With Mac's that i had when i first installed them i would end up deleting the trial software like FilmMaker?/Aperture Trial, iWorks and Words. I would also then go and clean out the extra keyboard layouts that take up to much space on the HD and other stuff. I also end up deleting the majority of the pre set url links that Apple install.
With this Dell i had two things to delete Roxio (which was not bloatware i just did not like it) and something else it was not a big deal. Some companies do like to install a lot of bloatware but Dell is not that bad. I also don't think that Vista installed any extra language packs. I think some people like to complain over anything as well and they get a bit to defensive.
I am a female and i like Mac products but this XPS M1330 is my favourite laptop to date though. The smaller size and the features is what won me over. I am not all that keen on the look of the MB's and i also do not like integrated graphics but the MBP's i think are very nice but i don't like the 15 inch size. I like the interface of the Mac OSX and it is more secure but I like Vista as well and i don't have any problems with it.
Dell is also rated about 2nd or 3rd in the industry when it comes to customer support. I found after sales XPS customer support to be superb. They have next day onsite repairs you will not left without a computer for a week or more if you have a breakdown. You will not be told to take your computer to a repair centre either. To me this a plus.
This notebook i have is very quiet. I have had MBP's than ran hotter and louder.
Battery life is also very good also. You cannot say that battery life will be worse on a PC notebook that is a bit of a ridiculous thing to say.
I also know people who are still using PC desktops and notebooks that are over 4 years old.
Lower cost of ownership is lower cost of ownership. A write off still cost you money.
And how much does it cost you to attain that performance? Please include all salary and benefit figures of ALL IT support employees as well as all support contracts and all equipment management software purchased.
I only need one. MS publicly suggests reinstalling the OS every 6 months to prevent registry clog up. That's all I need to know on that issue.
On this one there is no doubt. I routinely work in photoshop and on an equivalent windows pc I would constantly be waiting for swapping to occur. Since I switched to mac I rarely have to wait for anything and not for long when I do.
I'm sure you use a free solution at your business - right?
You miss the point. If a processor is spending clock cycles checking for virus', or the IO channel is full reading a file to check for a virus' productive tasks are being slowed down.
Unfortunately, it's an expression you pick up buying any brand of PC on the market. Everybody and their brother's demo app pre-installed jump starting the registry bloat problem....
Sadly, Apple does this with some of their own products, and MS Office, which is annoying, but fortunately removing an app does not leave the registry bloat behind on a mac.
IME they are quieter only as a small side effect to a much bigger benefit - they run cooler. Without the need for the fans to be running full blast they are quieter.
It is very nice to not constantly be concerned about whether the surface you set down the laptop is going to prevent good airflow.
You can get all these features in a windows laptop, but it will end up costing you just as much as an Apple. Imagine that.
Absolutely true IME.
I run powerless everyday. I find I get roughly 3 times more out of a batter on the mac than I did on my windows laptops. This is with a smaller, lighter laptop with a brighter screen.
I agree with you on this one. I always used sleep with rarely a problem in windows. However, my mac wakes up in a fourth of the time and if I do have to reboot for some reason it's not an "OMG" event, it's still quick and painless.
No doubt. The sound system in the mac is superb for the space it requires.
I disagree completely. I bought my first mac a few months ago with extreme trepidation and expectation of feeling like a sucker. The things listed above and a few others have proven to be so impactful to me that I have swapped out every computer I had control of, to a mac within 2 months.
Citation needed.
You're basically saying that on an equivalent machine (comparable ram/harddrive capacity/speed) windows constantly uses the hard drive instead of ram (either the mac must be doing some kind of miracle to put all that ram to so much better use or windows is simply ignoring free ram) and on top of that makes the hard drive work slower (you said mac performs swap much faster). That just sounds silly to me, I'm sorry.
True, but I don't think an average user can notice that. Firstly, antivirus scanners know how to adapt - they scan while your computer is idle and wait when you're doing heavy stuff. Secondly everyday use, such as browsing, listening to music and word processing never takes up 100% of your CPU power, which means that the 2% antivirus software requires isn't being used anyway. And thirdly - dual core processors are on a rampage, while a majority of software is not optimised for paralell processing, which means you have one core doing nothing most of the time.
But it leaves a pretty similar trail - files in the library. I'm sure you've heard about applications like AppZapper that uninstall software from OS X properly.
I'm not sure I get you here. If a computer is quieter, it will run hotter and the opposite, if it's louder, it will usually run colder. How can a side effect of being quiet be cool running? Anyway - they have the same chips as all other computers, which means they produce the same amount of heat. That amount of heat has to be removed somehow and Apple had some trouble with that in the past (remember downclocking radeons?). Although you can use silent fans and optimise the cooling, there is no magical way for them to both remove heat and have silent running machines, especially with small computer dimensions they are using.
I apologise for being vulgar, but it's also not very nice to have a pretty hot piece of equipment close to your balls for longer periods of time (I'm talking about the MacBook).
OK, I have to agree to an extent here, macs have cool battery lives, but not because they perform miracles, it's a combination of a good battery and optimised software. They outpreform stuff like Acer anytime, but you can get the same thing in the PC world, if you buy a decent laptop with a good battery (like IBMs). And your comparison was very unfair IMHO, like you mentioned, you were comparing different sizes of laptops. My friend owns a 11.1 vaio that can reach over 10 hours of battery life with an extended battery. It wouldn't be fair to compare it to lets say the MBP, because the latter is much larger.
Agree with you here, I think Apple laptops are competitively priced, considering all the additional features. People often miss this.
Agree again, I've heard worse sounding laptops, although higher quality PC laptops also have pretty decent sound.
saltyzoo i read your comments. I think it is agreed that the MB sound system is not the best. A lot of owners who own MB's complain about the weak MB speakers. The speakers on the MBP are though good. To say that PC's are like Fisher Price because of the sound is silly.
Also in regards to battery life specs will vary. There are some PC's that are lighter for the same screen size and also have better battery life also.
You will get some PC's that are very well made and you will get some that are not so well made. It is the OS that really makes things different.
Also in regards to battery life specs will vary. There are some PC's that are lighter for the same screen size and also have better battery life also.
You will get some PC's that are very well made and you will get some that are not so well made. It is the OS that really makes things different.
Apparently you have never used a Mac laptop.
By the way, how's that Vista treating you?
Must I react on this?
It's hard to compeat with a person that seems to know it all AND knows what hardware/OS I use! With a gift like that you can make a killing on the stock market. So, no. May you live long and prosper 
Resale value is a lot higher to match it. PowerBooks are going for £500 on eBay. That's not even half of what I originally paid! Whereas if I tried to sell my laptop I bought at the same time, for the same price and the same spec (but with DVD-RW) I'd be looking at £100 at the most.
Really happy I sold my £130 iPod Mini for £80 too. It's friggin crazy how much you can get back and put towards a new iPod
Really happy I sold my £130 iPod Mini for £80 too. It's friggin crazy how much you can get back and put towards a new iPod
Must I react on this?
So you're having problems with Vista too?
MacBooks are cheaper than many comparable PCs. A Sony 13.3" SZ Vaio can run up to $1800. A Dell 13.3" M1330 can run around $1500 optioned out like a comparable $1300 Apple MacBook.
Of course, you can compare a Apple MacBook to a $500 barebones PC, but that would be rather pointless and silly.
Of course, you can compare a Apple MacBook to a $500 barebones PC, but that would be rather pointless and silly.
macs aren't really that much more than PC's a new Dell, HP, or a VAIO are a little more than a similarly spec'd MB
I think its safe to say that , they are cheap given what you get. You get a beaitufll machine , and if you want something comparable to that in the PC world you'll have to pay more.
Even Phil Schiller busted that myth.