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One More Thing–Will The Mac Come Out Already?
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No. 6 ·
Michael W.
Apple risked a backlash from their more conservative customers when they (very publicly) donated $100,000 to fight Proposition 8 while Microsoft, HP, Dell, Sony et al. was nowhere to be found.
When it comes to personal computer use (as in outside of what your job or school forces on you), not one of us should be using anything other than a Mac.
Jan 6, 2009 at 11:57 am · @Reply
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No. 7 ·
Charles J. Mueller
I turned gay, er, I mean MacBookPro three years ago. ;-)
Outside of my partner, it’s the best relationship I ever started. I don’t even think about my ex-PC anymore.
XP and Vista who? It was a rocky romance anyway.
Last thing I do before I go to sleep and the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning (after I take a pee, of course), is open my Mac and see what’s happening.
It’s so oooohhh, “user” friendly.
Jan 6, 2009 at 1:36 pm · @Reply · Flag
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No. 9 ·
kevin
When the decision came to upgrade last month from my old Dell desktop to a new computer, I considered staying with Dell. But then I remembered how Michael Dell was a staunch Mormon and frequent contributor to Republicans. I also remembered the crappy customer service from Dell and the fact that they are based in TX (and India), whereas Apple is located just down the peninsula from where I live and they have a retail store downtown that I can go and sit in on their classes for free. The smartest people I associate with are Mac fanatics and they have raved about them for so long.
Now that you’ve pointed out Apple’s sizable contribution to No on 8, I am more certain than ever that I made the best decision to purchase my iMac. And as a longtime PC user, the transition has been very smooth.
Count me in as a Mac convert!
Jan 6, 2009 at 3:28 pm · @Reply · Flag
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No. 14 ·
Michael W.
I take it ugly and more complicated to use (Windows) = substantive?
The Mac is the most versatile machine on the market as it can now run every operating system under the sun, including Windows. I don’t see how you aren’t getting your money’s worth.
And $3,000? You must be talking about a MacBook Pro or Mac Pro workstation. Please tell us what $300 computer you can get that compares to those machines. Otherwise stop talking out of your ass. The grand majority of us get by fine with an iMac and/or MacBook.
Jan 7, 2009 at 10:38 am · @Reply · Flag
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No. 15 ·
Buck
I spent Christmas trying to figure out how to fix problems with my partner’s father’s MAC. I loathe that piece of overpriced junk. Easier to use? Not by a long shot. Temperamental, and totally non-intuitive.
I suppose if Mac is uber gay then Mac Queens are like Drag Queens and those of us with PC’s are Butch.
Jan 7, 2009 at 7:56 pm · @Reply · Flag
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No. 17 ·
Bitch Republic
FYI: Michael Dell is Jewish, NOT Mormon. Former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins is Mormon, though.
Macs are awesome, and not just in looks.
Jan 12, 2009 at 2:15 pm · @Reply · Flag
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No. 18 ·
Real Homo [Different person #1 using similar name]
Please tell us what $300 computer you can get that compares to those machines. Otherwise stop talking out of your ass. The grand majority of us get by fine with an iMac and/or MacBook.
A 15 inch Apple notebook with a decent graphics chipset costs $2K. An identically-equipped PC with the same graphics chip and screen size costs $700. $1,300 extra for the same hardware but with a pretty Apple logo.
A 17 inch Apple notebook with a decent graphics chipset costs $3K. A comparably-specced and equipped Dell or Gateway 17″ costs about $1K. $2 for the same hardware but with a pretty Apple logo.
A desktop iMac costs between $1,200 and $2,000. A comparable Dell, Gateway or HP with a LARGER flat panel display costs about $600. $600 to $1,400 for a smaller screen and a pretty Apple logo.
Even the entry-level Apple notebook costs $1,000 — while identically equipped entry level notebooks (with bigger screens and more RAM) cost about half that. $500 extra for nothing but a logo.
Apple’s inflexible approach also ties you in and limits your flexibility. Apple computers STILL don’t ship with dual-layer DVD burners in many cases — a tech that was standard on PCs FIVE YEARS AGO.
Apple doesn’t make any affordable subnotebooks, like the Asus EEE PC that goes for around $300. Yeah, yeah, yeah, “you don’t need them, let Steve Jobs decide for you” is the generic answer. Bleaugh.
And let’s not forget how impossible-to-find Apple software is. Want Microsoft Access? You’re outta luck.
Want Internet Explorer? Microsoft stopped producing it years ago because there were too few users in the Apple world.
Want Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint? Sure, you can get a two-years-behind version — good luck swapping with the rest of the world running the latest file format.
Want Adobe Premiere, the standard for video editing? Can’t buy it at any price on Mac.
“Oh sure,” say the Apple people, “but you can run Windows too.”
Yes, but if you want to run Windows, an Apple computer is a piss-poor purchase because there are numerous machines that cost the same with better specs, and others that cost much less with the same specs.
Why pay for the little Apple on the back, unless you’re stupid?
Exactly.
Jan 13, 2009 at 12:41 am · @Reply · Flag
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