ARR and Mac

[Altena]

What are you talking about you know that anyone with half a brain can put a computer together right?

While I do agree that $300 labour to plug in a GPU from whatever computer store is massively overpriced, your statement above is extremely false.

My mother is a very intelligent woman yet wouldn't know where to plug in a stick of RAM or how to install a hard drive. There are a huge amount of intelligent people that don't know how the components of a computer go together.

I build two computer took me less then 1hour. But if i'm building a 4.000$ computer with water cooling and such which would be the same price as a upgrade imac it would take me 3 hours tops. To make sure the water cooling that is working making sure i put all the cables right and making sure all 4 video cards are working.

$4000 for an iMac? Lolwhat? I got my iMac 4 years ago for $2600 AUD, which was a top of the line iMac in its day. Where are you getting this figure? Because you are getting ripped off if you were quoted $4000.

You do have to also take into consideration that to buy an equivalent display, your options are quite limited and expensive.

If you have the display, the knowledge, and the patience to build a Hackintosh, install both Windows & Mac OS, sure you can build a computer using PC components for a cheaper price, however for the general population that is not an option.

I'm a IT guy and labor would cost me noting becuase i be the one doing the labor. Did you not know people with half a brain can look up youtube videos and learn how to put a computer together?

Once again, my mother wouldn't know where to begin.

the only hard part would be putting in a CPU which you have to make sure you put it right which is not even hard. The arrow on the cpu and the mobo tell you how to put it then putting the heatsink is simple. If you putting a water cooling you have to put a back plate which take only a few secs.

What is hard for you, may be extremely difficult for the worlds greatest cyclist, or swimmer, or body builder or *insert non IT profession here*. Being handy with computers is not easy for some people, even very intelligent people.

if i had 4k i would buy all the parts i said in my other post the shipping would not even be that much if i waste my time looking for good deals. it would take me 1-3hours to build a 4.000$ computer with water cooling .

I believe your timing is insanely underexaggerated. To find 8-10 different components, price them all up, find the best deals, drive to each store or wait for online delivery, you are pushing on days.

If I wanted to buy a new apple computer, I would drive to my local Apple store, spend 30 mins with a sales rep to tell me what I do or don't need for my circumstance, hand over my credit card and walk out with a computer. I would then plug a power cable in, put the batteries in my keyboard and mouse, then be able to turn the computer on.

People pay money for this premium, and for people that don't know how to install a RAM stick, it is certainly the easiest option. You can't argue with convenience. People pay for it.