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Originally Posted by 70el
Well obviously you have never used one then.
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it's a well known fact that apple charges a fairly significant premium. just look at their yearly sales figures and profit reports. nothing new there.
that said, more or less every end user system apple makes right now would technically be considered a PC clone.
there is nothing wrong with being a PC clone. I'm using one right now. heck I'm willing to bet you are too.
as it is now, current macintosh computers are all PC clones. same goes for apple's laptops.
think back to a few years ago. If someone were to make their own computer and isntall linux on it... it'd still be a PC. In this case the only predominant difference is the operating system. While one could argue that intel's current systems use EFI whereas mainstream PCs use BIOS, the point is moot as EFI was designed by intel and it was implemented in PCs by gateway before apple.
if you think that Mac OSX and apple's tech support is worth paying a 30-50% markup for... go for it that's your descision. Just elt it be known that it technically isn't illegal to build a PC with exactly what you want and to install OSX yourself(so long as you bought the OS yourself)
and FYI I have used macs before and I've been using them since I was a kid. The mac lab... let's just say lockups weren't all that great and it happened all to comonly in OS8, OS9 and OSX is hardly exempt either. and alt+shift+3 to take a screen shot isn't exactly user friendly as compared to hitting "print screen" though I heard they're looking for another key combination so that's progress. Also neo office is a horrible abomination. Crashed while saving a half hours worth of work(note that this was immediately before a class had started) as it stands no platform is perfect. I personally find dual booting linux/windows to be a good solution. I get my games and I get better stability and security than OSX. OSX in and of itself is a decent midway point between the two and for many consumers it's a great choice. Heck I'd have recommended a mac to my computer illiterate step father over the Dell he got.
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