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- Sep 4, 2006
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Originally posted by: theblackbox
I hear over and over that apple sucks, but nobody ever has a good reason. Well, if you got a good reason, here you go....tell us about it.
I do ask for proof. If you are going to use the "overpriced" route, please be sure to back it up with a price comparison that can back it up. If you are going to just say because they do, well, obviously, you fail.
You are welcome to use the "you can't play games on an apple" and that is fine. apple users know this, and we also know that windows is for playing games. it excels at it, there is no argument if you want to play games, use windows.
Oh, and if you want to talk about their advertising, please spare me and include equal time to the whole Mojave commercial blitz.
I would love to hear why, and see some actual reasons to back it up.
My only gripe with apple right now is the use of glossy screens on the new macbook pro, the matte screen was the best thing apple ever did, and the inclusion of the nvidia 9400/9600 in the mbp. they could have gone with a better gpu. i obviously don't hae them or think they suck for that decision, i jus don't agree with it.
But please, feel free to explain to me why apple sucks if you feel they do.
Alright!
They are overpriced. They have kept the Mac Mini the same price for years it seems now. Technology advances, but they never lower their prices until a new model comes out. Putting 4GBs of ram in a Macbook is an extra $150. Just for 2GBs more I have to pay $150. You can get 4GBs of DDR2 for less than $75 and still have the 2x1GB kit. You cannot easily compare an Apple computer to others because they are so different. The iMac is something you cannot build, easily, and the same is for the Mac Pro or Mac Mini. You just cannot make the same exact system. But, I still consider them overpriced because I can buy a very similar or better spec'd system for less. It just won't be an all-in-one. If you want proof, just look in the All Things Apple section. There is a thread there about OSx86 and how to make your own "hackintosh."
You can play games on a Mac if you install Windows XP/Vista. It's just a corrupt system though since they won't legitimately let people install OS X on any system and offer support like Windows does. OSx86 is not a real solution. The drivers are crap and it is very limited support.
I don't know, they have been doing advertising for years now... Windows just started. Windows doesn't lash out like Apple does. Windows advertising is like a person who knows they are better than the other and just smiles about it all, they don't even attack Apple. Windows just says, "We have a good product." Apple makes A LOT of invalid claims. I have used Macs before, and the spinning beachball of death is always there when I use it. Forget ever using iMovie or Garage Band. So while a Mac may not BSOD, it will have that stupid beachball spin forever.
I don't dislike the OS as much as the price premium on the hardware. If they just opened up the OS for ALL systems then I wouldn't care. Instead they have a monopoly over the market. "You want to use our OS? Well, you have to buy our super expensive Apple computer." Maybe my parents just want to do some basic things and don't want to shell out $1000 for a computer that I cannot upgrade? (Upgrading the ram is not a real upgrade) "Oh, well, then a Mac is not for you." Whatever.