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Addius:
mosfet: I fully agree that windows largest problem is its way of handing out rights to do this and that in a rather free manner. It wasn't always so but it was what the consumer wanted so they changed back =/

nihilist:

--- Quote from: -sam ---You're forgetting something very important in your price calculations.  The iMac comes with iLife '05 (iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand) preinstalled.  How much would it cost to purchase all that software for a Windows machine?  Apple provides the total package my friend, the total package.
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Using FOSS software, nothing.  Using, ahem, otherwise acquired software, also nothing.  Besides, the packages that people generally compare, like Photoshop, are very much not free.  Besides, not all people like the iLife applications.  Me, I'd be more likely to chop off a leg then I would be to use iTunes.  The rest of the software provided by iLife is generally shipped with new PC hardware.  Not pro stuff, but easy and functional.


--- Quote from: -sam ---Spec-wise, Apple's not very price competative in the mid-range desktop market, but at the high end with the PowerMac, and all throughout their portable line they provide tremendous value.
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Not really.  I posted up above and debunked this.  You'll get more bang for a bit less buck with an x86-based system.


--- Quote from: -sam ---It's not all security through obscurity. OS X handles things in a more sane way than Windows. There's no registry to speak of, if I'm installing an app that's going to affect the system I have to type in my admin password, even if I'm logged in as an admin of the machine. It's all that *nixy goodness.
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Every OS has its flaws, and typing in an admin password again isn't going to catch them.  I mean, go sudo, but there are ways around that, especially if you're logged in as an admin.  *nix stuff have flaws galore, just like every other piece of software.

Kelamin:
I have to say i prefer pc's over macs because of the choice in components and the 'look' of the pc. I have to use a mac at uni and i hate it, mostly due to one fact.

'What can a PC user do that a Mac user can't?'
'right click'

mosfet:
So you based your decision on Macs because you didn't go get yourself a new mouse?
Every mac user I know uses a scroll wheel mouse and uses right-clicks.

Thats like buying a Ford with stock hub caps and saying that all Fords suck because of the wheels.

if you could see me know, I'm right-clicking with my mac! :D

tehpie:
Just to specify. I can run Warcraft 3 pretty darn well on my 1ghz, 380mb iBook G4, maxing out most of the video and it not lagging. My Athlon 1.7 ghz 512mb PC would only operate "kind of okay" on the lowest settings and a low resolution (note the graphics card on the PC was comparable to that on the iBook).

So any argument that a mac is not a gaming machine is out of the question.

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