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<p>Personally I like 10 year old GMC trucks…</p>
<p>I’ve seen a Mac before and I think it runs basically like Linux excluding certain features. It’s user protective, the feel, “the look” etc etc
I just wish Linux would let me run some Windows apps on here or certain some exe files 
I tried with Wine, but no luck :((((((</p>
<p>I hate macs. Pc! Pc! Pc! :]</p>
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<p>No, I don’t realize that.</p>
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<p>OK, true, Linux is free. So what? Is it as good as Mac OS X? I would argue not.</p>
<p>I can get someone’s leftover Huffy from the Salvation Army for $5, but it’s nowhere near as good a product as my $700 Trek hardtail. I can afford to spend more money in return for a better product, so I choose to do so. There’s a concept called “value” that factors in here, which you’re choosing to ignore.</p>
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<p>You’ve just explained why Linux has under one percent of the desktop computer market. Most people don’t want choice. They don’t want to have to figure out which of 80 million different GUIs they want, or why every one of their programs looks and feels totally different, or which drivers they need to install, or which command-line entry will fix the goddamned video settings.</p>
<p>Linux is for geeks who want to tinker endlessly with their system. If you’re one of them, awesome. I’m not knocking them.</p>
<p>But realize that 99 percent of people don’t want to bother with all that stuff. They want a computer that just works out of the box, with a consistent look and feel, a user-friendly interface, widely-available applications and customer support if they need it (try finding a Linux Store which will fix your homebrew Linux/Intel box. For free.)</p>
<p>Apple provides that. So people buy them.</p>
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<p>That’s quite simply false. Security upgrades for OS X are free and have always been free. You’re showing your utter and total ignorance here.</p>
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<p>And you get what you pay for. Maybe someday you’ll understand that some things are worth the price.</p>
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∴ Prostitute > Girlfriend</p>
<p>Or for the other corollary: I’m pretty sure De Beers didn’t get to be a multi-billion-dollar company by giving away diamond engagement rings ;)</p>
<p>Oh, the irony of those statements… If you want to know what I am thinking about, don’t ask me; it is very controversial. It is about politics.</p>
<p>Both Macs and PC have their pros and cons. Stop being all one sided. I agree with Polarscribe and Wgmpc101.</p>
<p>Most consumers want to use a computer that is easy to navigate and works even when they mess it up. Most consumers are not the tech savvy. But you pay for the premium duh.</p>
<p>Granted, I’ve never used a Mac… I don’t need to. I know not to buy that crap $500 HP, Compal, or Acer laptop at Cosco or Walmart. That laptop will probably die in 6 months. I know how to degfrag my hard drive. I know how to run CCleaner/other derivatives. I know not to click on that link with the virus which most likely attacks windows xp and 7. They don’t care about Unix or Linux and all it’s free software. They don’t want to tinker around with customization and drivers. In fact, Linux can have a lot of compatibility problems such as audio, visual, and wi-fi problems.</p>
<p>The haters are sometimes right TBH. Many people who buy macs don’t do research. But the common consumer doesn’t want to do research! They want to buy a computer and be satisfied. When I buy a car in the future, I’m not going to do a ton of research and become a car-techie. I’m going to stick with the known brands and models such as Honda, Toyota, Chevy… etc.</p>
<p>Not unless you are super hardcore and write your own drivers for your specific computer and optimize the linux kernel for your hardware…</p>
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<p>Apple is simply profiting off of people’s ignorance.</p>
<p>I would buy MAC’s just for Apple’s customer support. “Have a problem with your mac? Here, have a new one.”</p>
<p>No company offers that level of support.</p>
<p>Most of you speak like someone who’s never used a Mac for more than five minutes.</p>
<p>OS X is a rock solid operating system, and Apple’s build quality and customer service is second to none. </p>
<p>I’m a linux guy myself, but Macs certainly are excellent computers and their popularity and success is warranted.</p>
<p>You have to realize where those come from… Underpaid Chinese workers are just pumping them out for you…</p>
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<p>davidthefat, you don’t seem to understand that people can’t possibly be experts in everything, and have to pick and choose what things they have time and interest in doing.</p>
<p>99 percent of people don’t want to become “super-hardcore” and spend months and years learning how to do high-level programming so they can write system drivers. Just like 99 percent of people don’t want to learn how to weld steel and design engine blocks so they can build their own car from scratch.</p>
<p>I spent time playing around with the command line and I respect people who enjoy mucking around with that stuff. But I’m just not interested- I have neither the talent nor the time nor the desire to program. I want a computer that just always works when I need it. For me, that’s a Mac - and I’m hardly alone.</p>
<p>No, the vast majority of people want to turn a key and move a shift lever, or press a button and move a mouse. You can sit there and sneer at their not being “super-hardcore,” but odds are, they couldn’t give a flying **** what you think.</p>
<p>Honestly, I understand. I am that type of guy. I would really love it if I learned how to weld and build a car from scratch. But that is just me.</p>
<p>Hell, during college, I plan on making my own computer from scratch… Literally from scratch, with PCB boards and components and program my own OS from scratch too. Not far fetched either.</p>
<p>I have a mac because I’m a hipster and I want to show PC owners how much cooler I am than them. Deep down inside they get a little jealous of my superiority, and every once in a while they release their rage on the Interwebz.</p>
<p>davidthefat, basically every computer component these days is made by underpaid Chinese workers. So, yeah, cheap labor, etc. but pointing the finger at Apple as if they’re some singularly-evil crusher of souls is totally disingenuous. You know Lenovo’s Chinese, right? Sony has huge factories in China. Samsung, HTC, Asus, whoever… they all make their stuff in China.</p>
<p>It’s an industry-wide issue. Chinese standards of living are going up, though, along with wages. Of course, then they’ll just move to wherever else is cheapest…</p>