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Originally Posted by evanny
ipad isn't something to be proud of having... 
PC just wins because Macs have major flaws.
1. you can't upgrade mac. if you want to run latest stuff go and get 2000$ and throw old one out.
2. on average you pay 40% more just for brand name.
3. it doesn't have anything. No games (ok recently some like tf2) and only BS software that apple provides - lame tunes etc. thats the reason why almost everyone who wants to do smth with them installs on them win7.
4. mac's can't double-click.
macs are for people who want to show that they have money and that's it. specially when it comes to Mac-books. i have sony vaio and i paid 600 $ less than my friend who bought mcbook and the performance is the same.
if you want something cool and expensive then go with Alienware Computers - Custom-Built Gaming Desktops and Laptops - you'll get a lot better specs for same money + more unique design. |
I am not particularly "proud" of being a ipad owner, i am never proud of materials I own. The iPad is convenient, i know its just an oversized ipod, but thats the reason why i got it, the screen size...... and its easy to wake an ipad and you get your network connection right away...
Rich? far from it, i just decide to spend the extra money to buy convenience
Mac Can't double click? You obviously never used a mac before
How did you measure the performance of the vaio vs the MBP? What software? What kind of profiling test did you do? Were you comparing to a G4? What kind of performance test? Response time? Utilization? Load/Volume?
Yes you can upgrade a Mac. iMacs and Mac Minis is not the only line up. There are the MacPros too that is highly customizable. On a side note, I recently upgraded both the iMac and my MacBook Pro...... so i am not sure what you consider as an "upgrade". Its true, there are limitation as to how far you can go with an upgrade, but Windows base machine has that issue too, motherboards have limitation of what is the maximum amount of RAM that can be installed, but of course, the limitation is not as harsh/narrorw as the mac....
Games... well, no debate that Mac has really poor support for games, so kudos to Windows for that. but Macs do have a lot of good apps for photo processing, which i also use on almost a daily basis. Macs are extremely powerful, I do a lot of development work on it.
When I was using a Windows based machine, there are times when I go "Darn i wish I have a mac to do this", with the Mac, there was not a single time when i said "Where is Windows"...
You may want to do more research...