<p>I would never use a Mac. All of my favorite computer games are out on the PC (and if they come out on the mac it’s always later).</p>
<p>That being said, I agree that summer is best for buying a laptop.</p>
<p>LOL, iMacs are a massive ripoff. I can see getting a laptop from them, but a desktop? LOL.</p>
<p>@maruhan2</p>
<p>It’s not a bad deal considering that the current iPods are nice… The new iPods will be nice, but the current ones work fine as well.</p>
<p>I had been a PC person all my life until my senior year of high school For me Macs go beyond whats been discussed here. I’m currently running on an over four year old IBook G4 (dinosaur). I bought an Apple Care plan for it – and the service has been what’s kept me around. I’ve torn my power cord multiple times (they’ve since fixed this design flaw) and they overnighted me a new one for free because they knew I’d go insane if I went over 24 hours without a computer. A lot of my friends’ PCs crashed during their senior year while writing their thesis. They lost everything. Not because they took poor care of their computers – or because their computers were virus-ridden, but because four years old is old in electronics years.</p>
<p>I’ve never had a virus, software problem, memory problem, or a crash of any kind. My battery life is down to about an hour – but that’s what happens on any old machine. However, considering it only had four hours to begin with – its not that shabby. The price pays for the service and the durability. </p>
<p>Honestly, the ONLY downside of having a Mac is that you have to watch every subsequent year after you come in with a new version.</p>
<p>Bumping this thread. I think summer would be a bad time because everyoneis buying, prices should go up.</p>