ARR and Mac

[Delsus]

Not good enough. I demand numbers! XD It has to be the claimed 20% ratio of glue to computer parts! And you were calling shenanigans on my statement that


I've proven that, yes, a macbook is easier to open and put back together than a lenovo! XD I demand proof or my declaration of shenanigans is just!

Someone is sounding like a fanboy to me, he once opened a 5 year old Macbook and claims his thoughts are true now, I will tell you Apple like to take all open technology out of their devices, to force it on people who own anything Apple for no reason but to sell you more things, the lighning port in the iPhone 5, sweet you hundreds of dollars worth of accessories are useless you have to buy them again, is there really anything wrong with microUSB you know that industry standard technology? It's Apple's way or the highway as far as they are concerned.

What I find funny is that we all live in a free world, (with reasonable restrictions) but people will let companies like Apple hold them back, you are not allowed to do something as stupid as upgrade a HDD, the pre-installed one will be fine, what change the theme of an OS??? That is stupid who would want to personalise something? I won't even get started on Apple's ideals of "If anyone makes something we will patent it, then sue them for using it."

Imagine if Steve Jobs (now Tim Cook) was president of the US "What you want to paint the interior walls of your iHouse, Life in prison for not doing what we say"

[Altena]

I've proven that, yes, a macbook is easier to open and put back together than a lenovo! XD I demand proof or my declaration of shenanigans is just!

Only true for the standard MacBook Pro (non retina display).

I would find the ifixit.com teardown but I am too lazy.

[Laume]

Someone is sounding like a fanboy to me, he once opened a 5 year old Macbook and claims his thoughts are true now, I will tell you Apple like to take all open technology out of their devices, to force it on people who own anything Apple for no reason but to sell you more things, the lighning port in the iPhone 5, sweet you hundreds of dollars worth of accessories are useless you have to buy them again, is there really anything wrong with microUSB you know that industry standard technology? It's Apple's way or the highway as far as they are concerned.

What I find funny is that we all live in a free world, (with reasonable restrictions) but people will let companies like Apple hold them back, you are not allowed to do something as stupid as upgrade a HDD, the pre-installed one will be fine, what change the theme of an OS??? That is stupid who would want to personalise something? I won't even get started on Apple's ideals of "If anyone makes something we will patent it, then sue them for using it."

Imagine if Steve Jobs (now Tim Cook) was president of the US "What you want to paint the interior walls of your iHouse, Life in prison for not doing what we say"

TLDR. Just wanted to justify. I have more debian machines than I do mac machines. The ratio is 4:1 (well, 5 if you count the machine that needs a new mother board. I don't care for steve jobs. Conversely, Richard Stallman is my hero (google him if you don't know who he is). And most mac users don't know awk. So if you had bother to read my previous posts, you would have known that. But since you didn't read mine, I'm not reading your's either. See ya!

[Laume]

Only true for the standard MacBook Pro (non retina display).

I would find the ifixit.com teardown but I am too lazy.

My declaration for shenanigans is just so far! Whoo! I'm gonna go get my broom.

[Vanguard319]

Someone is sounding like a fanboy to me, he once opened a 5 year old Macbook and claims his thoughts are true now, I will tell you Apple like to take all open technology out of their devices, to force it on people who own anything Apple for no reason but to sell you more things, the lighning port in the iPhone 5, sweet you hundreds of dollars worth of accessories are useless you have to buy them again, is there really anything wrong with microUSB you know that industry standard technology? It's Apple's way or the highway as far as they are concerned.

What I find funny is that we all live in a free world, (with reasonable restrictions) but people will let companies like Apple hold them back, you are not allowed to do something as stupid as upgrade a HDD, the pre-installed one will be fine, what change the theme of an OS??? That is stupid who would want to personalise something? I won't even get started on Apple's ideals of "If anyone makes something we will patent it, then sue them for using it."

Imagine if Steve Jobs (now Tim Cook) was president of the US "What you want to paint the interior walls of your iHouse, Life in prison for not doing what we say"

I don't like the way Apple does things myself. I used to own an iPhone about a year ago, and I had problems with the ipod app losing album art and info, I couldn't recover the art or info on iTunes, despite having bought the albums from the iTunes store. Then the phone crapped out one day without any explanation, it simply wouldn't read the SIM card for a few hours, and I had no internet connection when it started working again. I took it to my phone provider, they suggested I take it to the local Apple store, I take it to the Apple store, and after explaining what happened, was told the antenna had probably failed, (explains the network issues, but not why my playlists were losing data) they then said I could schedule a repair session that would cost more than I originally paid for the phone itself. I left without saying another word, went back to my phone provider, and since I had an upgrade available, I switched to a Windows phone. (Nokia Lumia 900) Haven't had any problems and haven't looked back since.

Even though I learned creative suite on Macs, after all the trouble and problems I had with my old iPhone, I would never willingly own another Apple product by choice.

[Altena]

iPhone issues etc

Even though I learned creative suite on Macs, after all the trouble and problems I had with my old iPhone, I would never willingly own another Apple product by choice.

It's a shame that a glitchy lemon has changed your opinion of a fairly solid product overall. I have had 2 iPhones (3G and 4S). The only reason I upgraded to the 4S was simply because of some small features that I wanted. Neither of my phones have given me any issues (aside from the odd firmware glitch which was later solved with a small patch a few months later).

As far as my iMac is concerned, I have never had an issue with my iMac (which is now being used as a display for my gaming Hackintosh), and is still in perfect working order after 4 years. I once again only upgraded my system as the hardware was starting to become obsolete.

This whole Mac vs. everythingelse war all comes down to what you use your system for. Each OS has its positives and negatives.

In terms of problems / issues, I have had far more software issues on Windows than I have had on Mac, but Mac does miss some of the compatibility.

In terms of Hardware, it is once again down to a compatibility issue - but still very viable to run a powerful Mac OS using "PC" parts. It just involves a little more research and initial tweaking.

Hackintosh = best of all worlds.
Want to play games? boot in Windows
Want to use the Mac applications, boot in Mac OS.
Still want Linux? No problem there also..

[Laraul]

Seriously someone tell me what's so great about macs, they are freeBSD with a GUI anyone with half a knowledge of linux can make up, with inferior hardware and a marked up price.

Where as Windows is DOS with a GUI.

What do you get when buying a mac except an OS that should be free with poor hardware compared to a PC for the price?p

I get a badass computer that's still going to be faster than yours, that's what.

BTW, what innovation is their in the PC industry?

[Zenaku]

@delsus
Ya i don't understand why people buy apple stuff just to waste money to just to pay for all there apps and stuff again. Or waste there money on a overprice computer that is half the power of a 600$ price computer. But if they like apple then let them lol there the one wasting there money for there fav brand not you

[Zenaku]

Where as Windows is DOS with a GUI.



I get a badass computer that's still going to be faster than yours, that's what.

BTW, what innovation is their in the PC industry?

imac
27-inch: 3.2GHz 1.900$ without upgrade

vs

AMD Base Computer
Two video card
16GB Ram
Water cooling
27-inch 3D monitor

same imac but with upgrade 4,249.00$

Vs

Intel base computer
4 video card
32GB Ram
3 Monitor 3D
Water cooling

So how is Imac better? with the price of the upgrade version i can build over 4-5 computer that would be faster and better then one imac.

I hope your trolling.

[Laraul]

I have a MacPro. Not an iMac.

If you can find some low cost Xeon pre-built workstations, I'll be very very impressed.

So how is Imac better? with the price of the upgrade version i can build over 4-5 computer that would be faster and better then one imac.

Considering the labor involved in putting a PC together, the cost would eclipse the price of an iMac. Not to mention the cost of a one year parts/labor warranty.

I know there is nothing I could ever possibly say or do that would make people who don't want to understand understand, so I am obviously not going to try. It's always been like this unfortunately.