Puncturing the "PCs Are Cheaper Than Macs" Myth 823
jcatcw writes "The recently converted Scot Finnie went notebook shopping. At the high end of the notebook spectrum, in order to get comparable power and features, a Dell machine comes in $650 over the Apple, and it was clunkier and weighed more. Sony couldn't beat the Apple either. Midrange and low-end machines, though, turn out to be pretty comparable, with more choices in the PC arena but some good values if you happen to want what Apple has decided you need. So, if you're talking name-brand hardware, it's just no longer the case that PCs are cheaper than Macs."
Re:Dell != PC (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No competition on the low end (Score:4, Funny)
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
You're all I've ever wanted
My arms are open wide
Cos you know just what to say
And you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much, I love you
Re:No competition on the low end (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No competition on the low end (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No competition on the low end (Score:5, Funny)
And by the time he gets through all the "You have turned the safety off - Cancel or Allow?", "You have pulled the trigger - Cancel or Allow?" BS he will be bleeding profusely from several puncture and slash wounds.
That, or it just explodes and blows his frickin hand off.
Yeah, you tell 'em! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Dell != PC (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No competition on the low end (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Dell != PC (Score:5, Funny)
If you insulate the plug for the landing lights from the plug that the power comes from by about a half inch of, well, anything, you can avoid the landing lights. Though I do hate having danglies on my computer. F-ing danglies. I had a Sonata, and it made me so very happy except for those danglies for that stupid double-barrel blue spotlight on the front. I'm much more a fan of their utilitarian series, which in prime utilitarian fashion, has no stupid giant lights.
And now I have a P180, which while not fulfilling my life completely, comes very close. I defy any Mac user to sincerely argue that you can actually say that a Mac Pro is better looking than a P180. But I suppose half of them clicked the probably Reply button before reading this sentence. I guess the Mac Pro case would probably cost a lot more if you purchased it separately. Oh, man... [offtopic] I just had a great idea. Someone needs to call Apple and tell them that your case broke, and you need a replacement part, lol. I would love to have a Mac Pro case. Despite what I said about the P180
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APPLE SUPPORT: Thank you for calling Apple. How may I assist you today?
ME: My case broke, and I need a replacement part, lol.
AS: What?
ME: I said my case broke, and I need a replacement part, lol.
AS:
Maybe I can affect this whole thread with fake tags:
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Re:No competition on the low end (Score:3, Funny)
No, no, no. That's the willfully ignorant jibe for the iPhone, not Macs.
Re:No competition on the low end (Score:5, Funny)
Only if you figure in the support costs.
Re: qiuite true, but I can't blame them either (Score:5, Funny)
OK, maybe it's a typo.
"your paying it for the bigger screen"
Hmm. Seems not.
"failed your case since that runs just about right to all of the other 17 laptop manufacturers"
Not an idiomatic expression. Several decidely unidiomatic ones, in fact.
"you would STILL have a smaller HD to the MPB"
Smaller than.
"I ended up paying less than 2000 with the educator discount."
Please tell me you got that through someone else. Please.
Re:Dell != PC (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dell != PC (Score:5, Funny)
Step 3: Get her to open the case
P.S. Do not put your junk in the case through the power supply fan while it's on.
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Re:To the average person (Score:4, Funny)