<p>I wrote about using it right out of the box in response to your suggestion that people could use Ubuntu or Linux if they wanted something UNIX-based. See my point now?</p>
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<p>I like the fact that my keyboard is backlit thus I am a zombie. Is that correct?
Also, I am pretty sure that several PCs have backlits. Most of them does not, though. Why do you find it so bad that I’d rather have this useful feature?</p>
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<p>Macbook Pro 13" is $1099 with student’s discount. Add iPod Touch ($199) and a printer ($99). Let’s say you can resell the latter two for 90% of their value. It means a 13" MBP would cost you a little more than $830. Show me a PC, which is better, at this price.</p>
<p>Ehehe, well I still have the lighter+longer battery life thing.</p>
<p>My whole point is that Macs are not “the superior” or “the best” or “the highest quality” laptops you can get. If you want something that’s simple and easy to use, then get a Mac. Just don’t claim it’s the most superior laptop out there. The marked up price you get isn’t from quality, but convenience.</p>
<p>r31ncarnat3d I just got the same laptop in black. Great deal really. I’m not computer illiterate so I can handle a PC.</p>
<p>PS. I’ve had my desktop for 4 years (built it). It ran XP from Sept 2006 to Feb 2007, it crashed multiple times due to a bad heat-sink on my processor (c2d e6600). I didn’t format my vista from 2/07 until last june. No viruses, no BSODs (actually once, but I was asking for it). The latest installation, no problems. At all. I’ve got it customized to my own liking. Windows (and linux) are the way to go for people who cared to learn about computers.</p>
<p>nice try, r31ncarnat3d, but that Asus laptop doesn’t even have an optical drive, which many people consider an essential feature. Sure, you can buy an external drive for $50 more, but what a pain it would be to schlep both of those around. It defeats the thin-and-light philosophy. In addition, the webcam is only .3M, which is quite weak imo. And it does not have a backlit keyboard.</p>
<p>When was the last time anyone used a CD when digital downloads of every program are available, only tech illiterate ever use MPs to judge quality (like judging cameras based off of megapixels or CPUs off of GHz; it just doesn’t work that way), and learn to touch type.</p>
<p>Like I said, Macs are for ease of use. All those extras you mentioned are more for convenience than quality. And truthfully, Macs have some of the lowest quality parts inside of them. Sure the body is nice, and the CPU/RAM/HDD used are shared by other laptops, but I wouldn’t touch that Foxconn motherboard if I had any other alternative.</p>
<p>Untrue. I and many people still use optical drives to watch films. I watch DVDs on the computer quite often. And I have some old CDs, as well. Sure, the Mac features I mentioned are for convenience. You say convenience and ease of use like they are bad things. After all, that’s what we use computers for. We use them to make our lives easier, and if someone considers a backlit keyboard, an optical drive, and a high-quality webcam essential features in a computer, you really have no place to call them technologically incompetent. I’m sorry that I enjoy watching films and video chatting on a decent camera and that I don’t wish to schlep peripherals around with me to accomplish these tasks.</p>
<p>@tr1p7s: i wasn’t just talking about appearances of macs. they run great and aren’t as susceptible to viruses as PCs. also, i just like the layout - it makes everything easier for me.</p>
<p>" * 95% of college students interviewed this spring owned at least one computer (83% owned a laptop, 24% a desktop, 15% both)
* Among the laptop owners, 27% owned Macs
* Among the desktop owners, 45% owned a Dell (DELL) or HP (HPQ) and 14% a Mac
* Among those who planned to purchase a new computer, 87% planned to buy a laptop. And among those students 47% planned to buy a Mac."</p>
<p>Used my desktop and burned it into an image I keep on my network. Now even my desktop’s DVD drive is unused. Thank you daemon tools and imgburn!</p>
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<p>No I didn’t; I just made it clear that convenience =/= quality, and the arguments made before your posts regarding MBPs over PCs revolved around “They’re better quality”.</p>
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<p>Must have me mixed up with Sid. Again, putting words in my mouth.</p>
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<p>I do too. I just don’t need a battery power-consuming device like an optical drive to do so. You argue ease of access; I argue that digital is easier than physical storage.</p>
<p>Also, like I stated before, Megapixels =/= Quality. Feel free to ask any good photographer that as well, and they’ll tell you that in reality, past a certain point, more megapixels actually mean lower quality.</p>
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<p>I don’t count the internet as a periph, so I don’t do so either.</p>
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<p>Kind of comparing to what I consider the lowest end laptop possible…</p>
<p>Also, popularity =/= quality. Like I argued, Macs are for convienence, not quality.</p>
<p>It’s interesting that you brought up Netflix because Netflix is what I use. Some Netflix films are available instantly, but the great majority are not. I am able to watch a few instantly, but most of the films in my queue must still be shipped to me. I fail to understand why you are attacking me for watching DVDs. It’s absurd. Regarding megapixels, sure, beyond a certain point too many megapixels is just unnecessary, but that’s beyond 8-ish. .3 MP is just extremely grainy and poor quality. Period. I know because my old PC laptop had a .3 MP camera and trying to video chat on it was miserable. I find it laughable that you are condemning Mac users for their choices and insisting that the features in a computer that are important to them are invalid. Everyone looks for something else in a computer. Get over it.</p>
<p>I’m not; I’m countering how you seem to think everyone needs it.</p>
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<p>You can’t compare two cameras like that. By that logic, my 10MP DSLR with APS-C sensor has the same quality as a 10MP P&S? Or a 2GHz i3 runs the same as a 2GHz Pentium 4? Try again.</p>
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<p>Read the first comment and the post you’re replying to first. If you’re incapable of not putting words in my mouth, then please don’t talk anymore.</p>