As a Mac user I'm not going to deny that I think Macs, overall, are superior. That doesn't mean that they are perfect. Just because Apple's business is growing doesn't mean they're doing everything right. Macs and PCs each have their strengths, and it would serve many of the die-hards well to accept that.
Yes I heard you the first time. I am not saying that the Mac is doing well because it doesn't offer what you need.... I am saying it is doing well despite not offering what you (and many others here) say you need.
There have been many wise old armchair CEO's on these boards passing along their wisdom to the numbnut execs at Apple. "We need an xMac", matte screens, Blueray, licence Mac OS X, lower the prices, etc etc. Apple seems to have ignored most of this sage advice, and seems to be blissfully unaware that they are.... doomed.
There appears to be a common denominator amongst these armchair pundits. Their "advice" can normally just be boiled down to their own needs.
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The problem is that I WANT to give Apple my business. I've been using Apples for over twenty years. Unfortunately, their hardware offerings currently don't fit my needs. I know I'm not the average user, but that is not to say prosumers are rare by any stretch of the imagination.
Yes I heard you the first time. I am not saying that the Mac is doing well because it doesn't offer what you need.... I am saying it is doing well despite not offering what you (and many others here) say you need.
There have been many wise old armchair CEO's on these boards passing along their wisdom to the numbnut execs at Apple. "We need an xMac", matte screens, Blueray, licence Mac OS X, lower the prices, etc etc. Apple seems to have ignored most of this sage advice, and seems to be blissfully unaware that they are.... doomed.
There appears to be a common denominator amongst these armchair pundits. Their "advice" can normally just be boiled down to their own needs.
Yet nowhere did I imply that Apple would be doomed for not catering to prosumers... so what exactly are you implying?
All I'm saying is that there's a segment that Apple used to cater to and now they don't. These are easy sales for them if they just had the right hardware offerings.
I'm not sure what the relevance (if any) of your point is, but I checked and you are totally wrong.
Dell XPS all in one 24inch Quad core computer is currently on the Dell site at Inc £1799
Apple Imac all in one 27inch quad Core is currently on the Apple site at £1634 + vat £1919.95
That's not half the price now is it? it's 93% of the price.
it's cheaper but you do get a lot less for you money :-
Dell processor 2.33 Ghz, Ram 2GB, HD 500GB
Imac processor 2.66 Ghz, Ram 4GB, HD 1TB
Oh and I forgot to mention, the Dell is butt ugly, it's speakers look like an elephants ears, it would just keep putting me off my work.
So let me summarise, for that extra £120.95, I get a beautifully crafted imac with a huge screen dwarfing the largest all-in-one available by Dell. It runs Snow leopard and not Windows (that has to be worth the £120.95 on it's own). I don't need to run virus software, I get a faster processor, I get double the ram, I get twice the hard drive, oh and I get ilife pre-installed. Now let me think, which should i go for?
so next time you're trolling the apple sites, at least come along with something relevant and true, that would be nice.
That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer. I compared a Dell desktop to the iMac because the Mac Pro is so stupidly over priced I would have to be insane to ever buy one.
I also find it hard to take anything you say seriously with your childish comments about the appearance of the Dell, and about Windows. Grow up, you are (I assume) not a child.
So no, I'm not 'trolling' (whatever that means) just being sensible. The iMac is Apple's only consumer desktop offering with a modern CPU. Dell by comparison, have a large range of consumer desktop choices.
Call it not like for like if you wish, but I don't give a monkeys, I'm just comparing consumer desktops and Apple have chosen to offer an incredibly limited range.
PC lovers, give us a favor... please just go away...
Go to some PC forums argue all day how your most recent Windows from Craposoft is so much better than the previous one, and how by administering your PC just few hours a day you are almost virus and BSOD free...
Here nobody care... once you go Mac... your PC user arguments just look pathetic...
I prefer to pay more, get a better quality hardware, a better OS, better software, better overall consumer experience, and just enjoy my computer for what I use it for, rather than spending my evenings fixing, cleaning, upgrading, patching, reinstalling, complaining....
I have a Mac AND a PC, so I feel quite qualified to comment.
I have no virii on either, no issues on either, and no complaints with either. I spend zero time looking after either other than 30 seconds installing Windows Security Essentials (a free download) on my Win 7 box when I got it. It handles everything automatically and never bothers me. It has never found a virus and I have never had any issues.
To achieve this I browse the web and download in a normal way using Chrome and Firefox.
Amazing, eh? But true.
As for Apple build quality, my MacBook has been repaired 4 times now (the case keeps cracking at the edges, and it's treated VERY carefully, plus the DVD drive died). My Airport Extreme drops all connections to the web about every 2 or 3 days and needs to be restarted. It's been replaced once and still does it. My iPhone has been replaced 3 times. The first had a weak 3G radio, the second was just poorly put together, and the third just flat out died. My Apple TV hasn't been replaced but loses it's connection to iTunes about once a week and needs to be restarted.
My PC (a Shuttle) has been replaced once when the motherboard died.
That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer.
So get a dell tower and not an iMac. Simple, no? I guess the hard part is not complaining about it.
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I also find it hard to take anything you say seriously with your childish comments about the appearance of the Dell, and about Windows. Grow up, you are (I assume) not a child.
Part of the price you don't want to pay is for better looks and OS X. You're on an Apple fan site. Deal.
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So no, I'm not 'trolling' (whatever that means) just being sensible. The iMac is Apple's only consumer desktop offering with a modern CPU. Dell by comparison, have a large range of consumer desktop choices.
So what? With the massive growth in iMac sales Apple is certainly serving the needs of many folks at such high prices. Don't like it...do what you did and buy a Dell. THEN MOVE ON.
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Call it not like for like if you wish, but I don't give a monkeys, I'm just comparing consumer desktops and Apple have chosen to offer an incredibly limited range.
And no one here cares other than trolls. The cost/spec ratio grossly favors Dell. No kidding. Pointing the obvious for the 10 billionth time on this forum isn't profound or useful and is pretty much trolling for the kind of reaction you got.
The difference in ease of use far outweighs the absolute cost delta (a few hundred bucks) for many many folks and that number is growing.
And that's what I'll likely do. Much as I would like the iMac the lack of blu-ray and the crazy price (in the UK) is just an impossible barrier for me. I could buy a top end Dell, then have a nice holiday with all the money I'd save.
Easy decision really. Apple priced out a potential customer.
I have a Mac AND a PC, so I feel quite qualified to comment.
I have no virii on either, no issues on either, and no complaints with either.
A lot of folks say this. I wonder how many have been rooted and don't know because their avs isn't reporting anything.
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I spend zero time looking after either other than 30 seconds installing Windows Security Essentials (a free download) on my Win 7 box when I got it. It handles everything automatically and never bothers me. It has never found a virus and I have never had any issues.
"We grabbed the next 10 unique samples that arrived in the SophosLabs feed to see how well the newer, more secure version of Windows and UAC held up. Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows. The good news is that, of the freshest 10 samples that arrived, 2 would not operate correctly under Windows 7."
"The product's overall performance on the malware removal test was average, not outstanding. It detected 89 percent of the malware samples and scored 7.0 of 10 possible points for removal, the same score Prevx 3.0 attained. On a parallel test using commercial keyloggers, its scores were decidedly low: 30 percent detection and 1.8 points for removal. But that low detection rate indicates that Microsoft isn't really trying to remove most commercial keyloggers.
Although Microsoft touts the product's live kernel behavior monitoring and other features specific to rootkit removal, in practice the software detected only 67 percent of rootkit-type threats and scored just 4.9 points for removal, well below average. Hitman Pro detected 100 percent and scored 7.1 points."
Gee...I hope it does better than the beta. Yes, it does but not against the latest threats:
"To check dynamic malware, which is based on its behavior rather than static lists, AV-Test found that MSSE had no "dynamic detection" in place as the software failed to find any of the recently released malware used in the test. AV-Test noted that other standalone antivirus products don't include behavior-based detection either, although that feature is typically found in full security suites."
This isn't to say that OS X is invulnerable. It sure isn't regardless of what Apple fans think.
But odds are 1 in 3 that you've got malware on your box without knowing about it.
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As for Apple build quality, my MacBook has been repaired 4 times now (the case keeps cracking at the edges, and it's treated VERY carefully, plus the DVD drive died). My Airport Extreme drops all connections to the web about every 2 or 3 days and needs to be restarted. It's been replaced once and still does it. My iPhone has been replaced 3 times. The first had a weak 3G radio, the second was just poorly put together, and the third just flat out died. My Apple TV hasn't been replaced but loses it's connection to iTunes about once a week and needs to be restarted.
You really need to stop buying Apple products because they suck. Then you should go to a windows site and proudly proclaim that.
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My PC (a Shuttle) has been replaced once when the motherboard died.
You need to (re)join the real world and stop watching those comedy fact free I'm a Mac/I'm a PC ads.
PC's only have virii if you are cluess. Harsh but true.
I guess you still need to board the clue train. Harsh but true.
Companies with hard core enterprise level security policies and software still get virus and successfully attacked. All it takes is one successful social engineering attack and boom...you're inside the firewall and rooted a machine.
You and your MSSE isn't even a challenge. If someone wanted your machines as part of a botnet it wouldn't be hard.
Win7 is a nice improvement over WinXP but as the actual security people show it's still not all that secure. Whether OSX is more secure or simply not worth the effort is immaterial. The odds that a OS X user is secretly rooted is a lower than a Windows user.
Me, I keep my financial crap on the OSX side and run Symantec anyway. If I were really paranoid I'd do all my surfing in a VM and nuke the VM every so often. Too lazy to do that.
Get thee hence...you are now more pwned than your Windows machine.
If for you, working with a PC surmounts to spending evenings "fixing, cleaning, upgrading, patching, reinstalling, and complaining" then perhaps you should determine if the problem is the computer, or if it's between the chair and the keyboard...
It's really funny when you think about it: On one hand, people like you claim that they went with a Mac because PC's are just so hard to work with, but on the other hand, there are people that say that mostly intelligent and sophisticated people work with Macs. So which is it? Are Macs so easy to use that anyone can work with them, or are Macs for geniuses?
Regardless of your platform choice, I call this error a id10t error.
Used this one as a codeword at work to describe a self inflicted problem by someone who could negatively effect my employment if they knew we were making fun of them.
That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer. I compared a Dell desktop to the iMac because the Mac Pro is so stupidly over priced I would have to be insane to ever buy one.
I also find it hard to take anything you say seriously with your childish comments about the appearance of the Dell, and about Windows. Grow up, you are (I assume) not a child.
So no, I'm not 'trolling' (whatever that means) just being sensible. The iMac is Apple's only consumer desktop offering with a modern CPU. Dell by comparison, have a large range of consumer desktop choices.
Call it not like for like if you wish, but I don't give a monkeys, I'm just comparing consumer desktops and Apple have chosen to offer an incredibly limited range.
Very sorry to hear about you financial predicament, based on what you've told me, I'd suggest buying a Dell tower. You can even use the fans to dry your washing and save a bit more. I hope things improve for you.
Very sorry to hear about you financial predicament, based on what you've told me, I'd suggest buying a Dell tower. You can even use the fans to dry your washing and save a bit more. I hope things improve for you.
It's not a financial predicament. It's prudence. Why spend $3k on a tower that will do way more than you'd ever need... I wouldn't buy a semi if I just needed to move a couch.
Kotatsu, do what the intelligent, prudent, Mac-loving prosumers have been doing lately and build a hackitosh. There are a billion guides on the internet. Just be sure to buy a copy of Snow Leopard if your build requires downloading a modified DVD installation.
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Again... Correlation does not imply causation.
As a Mac user I'm not going to deny that I think Macs, overall, are superior. That doesn't mean that they are perfect. Just because Apple's business is growing doesn't mean they're doing everything right. Macs and PCs each have their strengths, and it would serve many of the die-hards well to accept that.
Yes I heard you the first time. I am not saying that the Mac is doing well because it doesn't offer what you need.... I am saying it is doing well despite not offering what you (and many others here) say you need.
There have been many wise old armchair CEO's on these boards passing along their wisdom to the numbnut execs at Apple. "We need an xMac", matte screens, Blueray, licence Mac OS X, lower the prices, etc etc. Apple seems to have ignored most of this sage advice, and seems to be blissfully unaware that they are.... doomed.
There appears to be a common denominator amongst these armchair pundits. Their "advice" can normally just be boiled down to their own needs.
The problem is that I WANT to give Apple my business. I've been using Apples for over twenty years. Unfortunately, their hardware offerings currently don't fit my needs. I know I'm not the average user, but that is not to say prosumers are rare by any stretch of the imagination.
Yes I heard you the first time. I am not saying that the Mac is doing well because it doesn't offer what you need.... I am saying it is doing well despite not offering what you (and many others here) say you need.
There have been many wise old armchair CEO's on these boards passing along their wisdom to the numbnut execs at Apple. "We need an xMac", matte screens, Blueray, licence Mac OS X, lower the prices, etc etc. Apple seems to have ignored most of this sage advice, and seems to be blissfully unaware that they are.... doomed.
There appears to be a common denominator amongst these armchair pundits. Their "advice" can normally just be boiled down to their own needs.
Yet nowhere did I imply that Apple would be doomed for not catering to prosumers... so what exactly are you implying?
All I'm saying is that there's a segment that Apple used to cater to and now they don't. These are easy sales for them if they just had the right hardware offerings.
I'm not sure what the relevance (if any) of your point is, but I checked and you are totally wrong.
Dell XPS all in one 24inch Quad core computer is currently on the Dell site at Inc £1799
Apple Imac all in one 27inch quad Core is currently on the Apple site at £1634 + vat £1919.95
That's not half the price now is it? it's 93% of the price.
it's cheaper but you do get a lot less for you money :-
Dell processor 2.33 Ghz, Ram 2GB, HD 500GB
Imac processor 2.66 Ghz, Ram 4GB, HD 1TB
Oh and I forgot to mention, the Dell is butt ugly, it's speakers look like an elephants ears, it would just keep putting me off my work.
So let me summarise, for that extra £120.95, I get a beautifully crafted imac with a huge screen dwarfing the largest all-in-one available by Dell. It runs Snow leopard and not Windows (that has to be worth the £120.95 on it's own). I don't need to run virus software, I get a faster processor, I get double the ram, I get twice the hard drive, oh and I get ilife pre-installed. Now let me think, which should i go for?
so next time you're trolling the apple sites, at least come along with something relevant and true, that would be nice.
That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer. I compared a Dell desktop to the iMac because the Mac Pro is so stupidly over priced I would have to be insane to ever buy one.
I also find it hard to take anything you say seriously with your childish comments about the appearance of the Dell, and about Windows. Grow up, you are (I assume) not a child.
So no, I'm not 'trolling' (whatever that means) just being sensible. The iMac is Apple's only consumer desktop offering with a modern CPU. Dell by comparison, have a large range of consumer desktop choices.
Call it not like for like if you wish, but I don't give a monkeys, I'm just comparing consumer desktops and Apple have chosen to offer an incredibly limited range.
PC lovers, give us a favor... please just go away...
Go to some PC forums argue all day how your most recent Windows from Craposoft is so much better than the previous one, and how by administering your PC just few hours a day you are almost virus and BSOD free...
Here nobody care... once you go Mac... your PC user arguments just look pathetic...
I prefer to pay more, get a better quality hardware, a better OS, better software, better overall consumer experience, and just enjoy my computer for what I use it for, rather than spending my evenings fixing, cleaning, upgrading, patching, reinstalling, complaining....
I have a Mac AND a PC, so I feel quite qualified to comment.
I have no virii on either, no issues on either, and no complaints with either. I spend zero time looking after either other than 30 seconds installing Windows Security Essentials (a free download) on my Win 7 box when I got it. It handles everything automatically and never bothers me. It has never found a virus and I have never had any issues.
To achieve this I browse the web and download in a normal way using Chrome and Firefox.
Amazing, eh? But true.
As for Apple build quality, my MacBook has been repaired 4 times now (the case keeps cracking at the edges, and it's treated VERY carefully, plus the DVD drive died). My Airport Extreme drops all connections to the web about every 2 or 3 days and needs to be restarted. It's been replaced once and still does it. My iPhone has been replaced 3 times. The first had a weak 3G radio, the second was just poorly put together, and the third just flat out died. My Apple TV hasn't been replaced but loses it's connection to iTunes about once a week and needs to be restarted.
My PC (a Shuttle) has been replaced once when the motherboard died.
So nothing is perfect, especially Apple hardware.
That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer.
So get a dell tower and not an iMac. Simple, no? I guess the hard part is not complaining about it.
I also find it hard to take anything you say seriously with your childish comments about the appearance of the Dell, and about Windows. Grow up, you are (I assume) not a child.
Part of the price you don't want to pay is for better looks and OS X. You're on an Apple fan site. Deal.
So no, I'm not 'trolling' (whatever that means) just being sensible. The iMac is Apple's only consumer desktop offering with a modern CPU. Dell by comparison, have a large range of consumer desktop choices.
So what? With the massive growth in iMac sales Apple is certainly serving the needs of many folks at such high prices. Don't like it...do what you did and buy a Dell. THEN MOVE ON.
Call it not like for like if you wish, but I don't give a monkeys, I'm just comparing consumer desktops and Apple have chosen to offer an incredibly limited range.
And no one here cares other than trolls. The cost/spec ratio grossly favors Dell. No kidding. Pointing the obvious for the 10 billionth time on this forum isn't profound or useful and is pretty much trolling for the kind of reaction you got.
The difference in ease of use far outweighs the absolute cost delta (a few hundred bucks) for many many folks and that number is growing.
You also get Windows 7 and thousands of virus and malware
You need to (re)join the real world and stop watching those comedy fact free I'm a Mac/I'm a PC ads.
PC's only have virii if you are cluess. Harsh but true.
So get a dell tower and not an iMac. Simple, no?
Quite.
And that's what I'll likely do. Much as I would like the iMac the lack of blu-ray and the crazy price (in the UK) is just an impossible barrier for me. I could buy a top end Dell, then have a nice holiday with all the money I'd save.
Easy decision really. Apple priced out a potential customer.
I have a Mac AND a PC, so I feel quite qualified to comment.
I have no virii on either, no issues on either, and no complaints with either.
A lot of folks say this. I wonder how many have been rooted and don't know because their avs isn't reporting anything.
I spend zero time looking after either other than 30 seconds installing Windows Security Essentials (a free download) on my Win 7 box when I got it. It handles everything automatically and never bothers me. It has never found a virus and I have never had any issues.
"We grabbed the next 10 unique samples that arrived in the SophosLabs feed to see how well the newer, more secure version of Windows and UAC held up. Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows. The good news is that, of the freshest 10 samples that arrived, 2 would not operate correctly under Windows 7."
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/...-8-10-viruses/
Yes, that's UACs and not the anti-virus in MSSE.
MSSE:
"The product's overall performance on the malware removal test was average, not outstanding. It detected 89 percent of the malware samples and scored 7.0 of 10 possible points for removal, the same score Prevx 3.0 attained. On a parallel test using commercial keyloggers, its scores were decidedly low: 30 percent detection and 1.8 points for removal. But that low detection rate indicates that Microsoft isn't really trying to remove most commercial keyloggers.
Although Microsoft touts the product's live kernel behavior monitoring and other features specific to rootkit removal, in practice the software detected only 67 percent of rootkit-type threats and scored just 4.9 points for removal, well below average. Hitman Pro detected 100 percent and scored 7.1 points."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2348998,00.asp
Gee...I hope it does better than the beta. Yes, it does but not against the latest threats:
"To check dynamic malware, which is based on its behavior rather than static lists, AV-Test found that MSSE had no "dynamic detection" in place as the software failed to find any of the recently released malware used in the test. AV-Test noted that other standalone antivirus products don't include behavior-based detection either, although that feature is typically found in full security suites."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10366232-83.html
And of course this nice statistic that 32% of machines with up to date anti-virus software are still infected:
"Research Results
107,435 computer users have used the free version of Hitman Pro 3 for the first time in the period from October 10 to December 4.
78,828 users had an up-to-date antivirus program installed. 28,607 users had not.
25,038 (32%) of the 78,828 users with up-to-date antivirus program were infected with malware.
13,002 (46%) of the 28,607 users without up-to-date antivirus program were infected with malware."
http://www.surfright.nl/en/home/pres...pite-antivirus
This isn't to say that OS X is invulnerable. It sure isn't regardless of what Apple fans think.
But odds are 1 in 3 that you've got malware on your box without knowing about it.
As for Apple build quality, my MacBook has been repaired 4 times now (the case keeps cracking at the edges, and it's treated VERY carefully, plus the DVD drive died). My Airport Extreme drops all connections to the web about every 2 or 3 days and needs to be restarted. It's been replaced once and still does it. My iPhone has been replaced 3 times. The first had a weak 3G radio, the second was just poorly put together, and the third just flat out died. My Apple TV hasn't been replaced but loses it's connection to iTunes about once a week and needs to be restarted.
You really need to stop buying Apple products because they suck. Then you should go to a windows site and proudly proclaim that.
My PC (a Shuttle) has been replaced once when the motherboard died.
So nothing is perfect, especially Apple hardware.
Troll.
You need to (re)join the real world and stop watching those comedy fact free I'm a Mac/I'm a PC ads.
PC's only have virii if you are cluess. Harsh but true.
I guess you still need to board the clue train. Harsh but true.
Companies with hard core enterprise level security policies and software still get virus and successfully attacked. All it takes is one successful social engineering attack and boom...you're inside the firewall and rooted a machine.
You and your MSSE isn't even a challenge. If someone wanted your machines as part of a botnet it wouldn't be hard.
Win7 is a nice improvement over WinXP but as the actual security people show it's still not all that secure. Whether OSX is more secure or simply not worth the effort is immaterial. The odds that a OS X user is secretly rooted is a lower than a Windows user.
Me, I keep my financial crap on the OSX side and run Symantec anyway. If I were really paranoid I'd do all my surfing in a VM and nuke the VM every so often. Too lazy to do that.
Get thee hence...you are now more pwned than your Windows machine.
On page 12 look at the Windows 32-bit versions:
Win XP SP2 45% infected
Win XP SP3 34% infected
Win Vista SP2 23% infected
Win7 RTM 33% infected
Nice 1% improvement over Xp there.
http://files.surfright.nl/reports/Hi...OctNov2009.pdf
The next page also has an important data point.
5915 machines had the TDSS/Alureon root kit.
If for you, working with a PC surmounts to spending evenings "fixing, cleaning, upgrading, patching, reinstalling, and complaining" then perhaps you should determine if the problem is the computer, or if it's between the chair and the keyboard...
It's really funny when you think about it: On one hand, people like you claim that they went with a Mac because PC's are just so hard to work with, but on the other hand, there are people that say that mostly intelligent and sophisticated people work with Macs. So which is it? Are Macs so easy to use that anyone can work with them, or are Macs for geniuses?
Regardless of your platform choice, I call this error a id10t error.
Used this one as a codeword at work to describe a self inflicted problem by someone who could negatively effect my employment if they knew we were making fun of them.
Easy decision really. Apple priced out a potential customer.
So buy a Dell and spend that extra money on malware and viruse's!
So buy a Dell and spend that extra money on malware and viruse's!
As a member of mixed Mac & PC home, let me go on record as saying that malware claims on these boards are highly overstated.
That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer. I compared a Dell desktop to the iMac because the Mac Pro is so stupidly over priced I would have to be insane to ever buy one.
I also find it hard to take anything you say seriously with your childish comments about the appearance of the Dell, and about Windows. Grow up, you are (I assume) not a child.
So no, I'm not 'trolling' (whatever that means) just being sensible. The iMac is Apple's only consumer desktop offering with a modern CPU. Dell by comparison, have a large range of consumer desktop choices.
Call it not like for like if you wish, but I don't give a monkeys, I'm just comparing consumer desktops and Apple have chosen to offer an incredibly limited range.
Very sorry to hear about you financial predicament, based on what you've told me, I'd suggest buying a Dell tower. You can even use the fans to dry your washing and save a bit more. I hope things improve for you.
Very sorry to hear about you financial predicament, based on what you've told me, I'd suggest buying a Dell tower. You can even use the fans to dry your washing and save a bit more. I hope things improve for you.
It's not a financial predicament. It's prudence. Why spend $3k on a tower that will do way more than you'd ever need... I wouldn't buy a semi if I just needed to move a couch.
Kotatsu, do what the intelligent, prudent, Mac-loving prosumers have been doing lately and build a hackitosh. There are a billion guides on the internet. Just be sure to buy a copy of Snow Leopard if your build requires downloading a modified DVD installation.
-Clive
I have no virii
The plural of virus is viruses.
The plural of virus is viruses.
But it sounds so... important!
The plural of virus is viruses.
I was making this same mistake up until just a couple months ago.
Virii sounds and looks much cooler. I mean, how often do you get to use a double-"i"?
The plural of virus is viruses.
Or viruse's.
Or viruse's.
A joke, I hope.