Apple is just getting started

[motionman]

(04-23-2012 12:18 PM)EL34 Wrote:  I would never buy an apple computer.
In fact I don't own one apple product and never have.
It's not that I hate apple, it's just that I don't need anything they sell.

I am running 2 x 8 core and one 6 x core AMD desktop machines with 3.1ghz procesors and 8gb ram here that cost less than $700 each for the boxes.
And the machines came with zero bloatware. Only windows 7.
I usually build my own from scratch in existing cases but it was more money to build from scratch.
I can't believe how much you get these days for not much money

I would only buy an apple if I wanted to pay alot of money for machines that won't run 75% of my custom software

Brother john had a great comment about how he would never buy another apple computer on one of his daily vids.
I tend to agree with what he said in that vid

NERD!

[kshymkiw]

(04-23-2012 01:02 PM)johndvs Wrote:  i will have to agree apple is directed for non technical people, personally i prefer to be exposed to the technical details then having the OS make assumptions for me. i see it if you own an apple product you live in a walled garden, things are peaceful but you are not permitted outside the garden. with a pc it is like living in average city. sure there are dangers in this world but you are free to do whatever you please. and this is just the OS, they sell it for somewhere around $20. so the majority of the costs is in the hardware. i find it amusing that with a modern pc motherboard you can straight install the mac osx software as your OS. clearly the hardware is not different then what is found in pc's and the cost is somewhere around 3x the costs of the pc hardware. so where is the value in that. i know several people who have built a mac system for under $500 with pc hardware and spec wise outperform the actual apple products

Since Apple started using Intel based parts, you can build them on the cheap now.

[Quest]

(04-21-2012 08:53 PM)Ivan Wrote:  

(04-21-2012 04:10 PM)Quest Wrote:  First thing this morning my son's laptop bit the dust. We headed over to the local Best Buy. In this particular store the PC section and Apple section although beside each other are separate. I couldn't help but notice that the PC section was filled with people....I looked over and saw one person in the Apple section.

While Apple and the media that pushes their products would love to think that the PC market is dead......real life experience doesn't seem to represent that.

who goes to best buy? have you ever been to apple store? check them out, there are cops with guns there because the store is over loaded with people. lol best buy. last time i heard they are closing 29 stores

We went to Best Buy and picked up beautiful ASUS laptop with an Intel I7 processor for $549.00

I have walked by an Apple store...I really had no reason to go in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0q7BoMAEbc

[EL34]

Quote:NERD!

Yes, now where is my pocket saver and glasses with the tape on the nose bridge.

[motionman]

LOL. I am glad you saw the humor in my post.

[EL34]

I resemble that remark!