2. Macs can run Windows and all it’s games.

3. There is almost ALWAYS a good equivalent. And if there isn’t, there’s always running Windows in Boot Camp.

4. You’re right. But I’d rather use one screen anyway (up to 2 if it’s a laptop).

5. I don’t really know much about UNIX stereotypes, but I think Mac OS X is really good (don’t know what else to say).

6. You’re paying for quality. And remember the Megahertz myth?

7. You can at an Apple Store or Reseller. Seriously where have you been?

me: wel yea i prefer something like solaris to a mac.
him: meh, unix sux
me: um, so what your saying is mac is better than unix and unix is crap?
him: yes
me: ..mm mac has a unix kernel. LOL

Myth #1: Mac hardware is better quality than PC hardware. That was true back in the day, but the most of the components of Macs now are basically the same as those of major brand PCs. A recent Consumer’s Union survey shows a marginally higher major repair rate of Mac laptops relative to PC laptops over a 5 year span. And Mac repairs are more costly than PC repairs. Anybody who cares to find out can see that logic board problems have been plaguing Mac notebooks and iMacs for several years now. Interestingly, that’s one component that is designed by Apple. And, yes, Mac hardware is more costly relative to comparable performance PCs.

Myth #2: OSX is more stable than Windows. That’s a holdover from the Win9x days. Those were horrible OSs. I’ve experienced more freezes and PSOD (Power Switch of Death) crashes using OSX than using XP (properly maintained) or Vista. In fact, I haven’t experienced a Windows crash in years. That said, Microsoft could take a lesson from the onboard utilities package that comes with OSX. If OS maintenance isn’t made as easy as possible it will tend to be neglected, reliability will deteriorate, and users will end up hating the OS.

So at the end of the day, what is gained by paying the Mac premium? Pretty (but not more functional) hardware, and an elegant GUI. Not enough to keep me interested.

Also, some parts are replaceable and/or fixable. Applecare usually does the job to a certain degree, but I have to say that they only can help you if you give them ONE problem to fix. Else they will lie about it being fixed (hoping that one stone kills two birds). That of course, is flawed. But just so we’re clear, Apple laptop hardware BLOWS HARD. DON’T GET A MACBOOK OR A MACBOOK AIR. YOU WILL BE SORRY. A Macbook Pro might be okay, but I would just get a desktop at this point or a different laptop (like Acer =D) and put whatever OS you want on to it and fly like a kite.

The OS is actually my fav. but that’s just me.

The GUI for Tiger was just fine (especially if you get UNO, a theme modifier and then make it look ÜBERSEXY), but Leper (Leopard) was just overkill, and don’t even get me started on TimeMachine (that crap…)

SuperDuper! for the win.

AND IF you think that the UI is insulting to power-users, you obviously are lying like a rock, because power-users wouldn’t even bother about the UI in the first place, as long as it does not look too tacky, which IMHO it is does not.

Games? Whatever. Get WINDOZE for that.

There are good equivalents. Look deeper.

Not sure on the multiscreen, but I think they do, especially with other video cards…why not? (This ain’t my range =P)

UNIX KICKS ASS. PERIOD.

Yes they are expensive. Make a Hackintosh already?!

Bullshit. Go to an Apple outlet (store) and test one out. How much better can you get? *Tosses Macbook into trash compactor*

gg on the site, Chris.

~bm

Point 1: your joking right? ’cause I like to have my head in a vice and my hands tied in a striaght jacket when I want to open a jar of jam… ’cause I’m a power jam user man… don’t hold me back with easy to open jam jar lids…. supper glue it down, put the thread the wrong way.. lock it in a safe ’cause I’m a POWER JAM USER and anything less is insulting.

Anyway if you want to relive the archaic days of “command line is king” you can always open “terminal” and Bash away (heck I have to do this 10, 20. 50 times a day for remote managing some unix boxes… doesn’t make me feel more “L33t” or wish I could do more of this head throbbing stuff.

Point 4: Again … this is a joke… right?
going way back I remember seeing a Mac (FXII?) set up in a hard core Unix environment in the mid 90’s (when Mac OS was pre unix) it was used because it had 4 monitors – 5x 23″ monitors at that. Used for displaying a map of the entire internal network with live monitoring.
(and remember macs as far back as the SE/30 could run multiple monitors in the late 80’s – an SE/30 + Radius monitor were common sites in type setting businesses)

move on 5 or so years and I’m working at that same place with a G4 Mirror door with a dual head monitor and 2 Matrox Mystique cards running 4 monitors…. sadly the Mystiques never had drivers written for OSX so the were never loaded in to my G5 tower.

But on that I run 2×23″ monitors which actually give a better view than the 4×15″ monitors it replaced.

However 4 monitor macs (with additional dual head cards) are almost as common as muck around our organisation – some of the lucky sods in network management and in graphic design having 4 x 30″ units… and you can just keep adding extra cards and monitors until either you run out of slots or your budget implodes.

3. What programs are those, because Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Gimp, Inkscape, MS Office, Firefox, Opera, Netscape, Lightwave, Blender, VLC, and Miro (formerly Democracy) all have Mac versions.

4. What use is dual monitors? After all, virtual Desktops also can relieve that clutter of multiple windows and applications running. OS X Leopard has its own version of virtual desktop software.

6. Have you only been looking at HP or have you not even tried to change the configuration of the PC on the brand’s site?

7. Really? Both the Apple stores and Apple certified resellers, like Fry’s Electronics and Best Buy, let you try out a Mac before you get one.

Anywho that aside. All his point’s are rather dull, and unimaginative and do not deserve a long proper response.

Chris you are very kind as not to disclose this ignorant person’s name, and he would of surely received a large amount of long lengthy negative comment’s.

Then again maybe he was hoping to get some traffic off your back hmm?

The Mac is so much easier to use than any windows based computer. I set up my internet and email in just a few minutes and didn’t have any problems. There are a few gripes I have with my Mac, but far less than a PC.

This Mac just ROCKS!!!

Terry

However, I would point out that if you went Dell, among others, you can in fact get it cheaper with better specs, although that then opens the NVIDIA vs ATI debate and does not take software into account. So maybe it is close enough. After all, there are rebates and other price slashing things going on. That and the pricing is certainly not consistent. And then this is not including the level of OS functionality (Vista Home Premium), etc.

My wife owns a brand new iMac – it’s great, for her. Not my cup of tea, but neither is Windows either. But I think that #6 is a stretch when selling the idea to Joe User, though. Truth is often defined through an individuals own goggles and not our own way of seeing things. ;)

“Where do we begin to debunk these theories?”

Theory implies research.

What an idiot I was!

You know what I did in two days on my new 24″ iMac? Imported over four hours of video footage from 2000-2002 and created several “highlight” movies of my daughter. Not only is THIS the kind of stuff we buy computers for, but I would also argue that THIS is the kind of stuff that should truly define a “power user”. After all, where is the power in not PRODUCING anything? The UI of an OS isn’t where you create anything.

Besides, a power user in the sense that this guy implies would know that since UNIX is under the hood of OS X, he can hack and X Window to his heart’s content. Maybe he isn’t the “power user” he thinks he is.

The modem? Lost in the dust of time. Those movies? I’ll have them forever.