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Apple DOES have a huge share of the laptop market, they just don't have anything competitive on the desktop side.
Even the name is ghey.
it seems the Mac is the machine of choice in 'corporate' environments like the USAF, ASIO, MI6 etc etc
hmph?
No seriously, don't you REALLY get it why Apple hasn't got the market yet?
MAYBE it's because the market is made ALSO by people who don't want to spend 1000$ for a 13 inches screen.
MAYBE because those people can STILL buy a Dell Vostro with 250 Gb of HD, a SWGA display and a nvidia 8600GT card for 900$, if the want to.
Where's the same choice with Apple?
Anyway:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.a...
I see no 8600GT
Oh and can it run OS X without breaking the law? Didn't think so.
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You are right that you can't run OsX legally on that. Then I would assume that Apple doesn't have 90% of market share because 90% of the market doesn't give a crap about OsX...
True, we could ask all those people walking around with ipods, but they could give a damn about OSX, since most of them are NOT OSX users.
Try again.
Turn my mic up (haha)
Mic Sam. Half tin, Half gold.
Since '98, bout 10 million sold.
Fall back Jobs, and the critics who wanna talk.
I handle spoiled apples like they Veruca Salt.
Trade that black shirt for Teflon, 'cause you know I got this.
Fore I unload the clip and world'll be Job-less.
Download this stream, click start and standby.
I'll take the tunes your your music and stab you with the I
Check the figures noob. Bill got it on lock.
iPhone please. Have you seen the Xbox?
Like the worlds gonna change cause you got a little phone.
Windows update. You got Pwned!
Now, you wanna talk games. You cant compete with Live.
And the shorties all know I had game in '95.
Im comin for the steves, Timothy and peter.
Break yo'self fool before you meet the heater
Ima take yall girls. Some a little indo.
Girls, put it on the glass. Foreground window.
Let me spit it one time for my boy Bill Gates
Puttin spam in the box of those who wanna hate.
Listen up, Steve, you cant hang. You cant play.
I crunch apples like you to keep the doctor away.
Ain't a virus in the world gonna taint my stuff.
The only virus in the picture is that thing you call a tuft.
Im a pirate, not a stealer. Epic hacks thriller.
Youre not worth of the mac name, not even the mister.
Im the fate stealer and iPhone killer
Destroy OSx. Represent vista, Noob.
1)Use current mouse, pad, or whatever and right click.
2)Hold down CNTL key, left click is right click.
3)Use Logitech or any mouse, right click.
I am using a 2003 Mac right now and right clicking.
The iMac G3 1999 hockey puck mouse one click days have been long gone for a while now.
it's called Virtualization, have you heard of it WINTARD?
Until such time as Macs give up completely on proprietary idiocy, we're halfway there alreay, and match pricepoints, hit or miss on the product line last I checked, Mac's will remain outside the mainstream.
Oh, and bringing back the quality control would be good. The Latest OSX makes me think Microsoft wrote its code.
PC's have one TO MANY mouse buttons. No need for two.
Sad but true reality of Mac hardware. Monopolies don't provide good value for the money- never have, never will.
Because a lot of people treat personal computers as just another Wal-Mart commodity and they want the lowest-price option, regardless of the fact that it's an underpowered box o' crap that will break if you hit the wrong key or tap the case?
Frankly, SJ, those are the people you don't want buying Apple anyway. There's no profit in selling to them, and as you've said yourself, they'd just bring discredit to the brand. You don't even want them setting foot in an Apple store; they'd just bring down the tone.
This is across the board with everyone else that I know that uses mac, they have a longer usability life. I've never needed to upgrade a single component in my mac before I felt that I needed to replace the whole computer.
Two new 17" MBPs are soon to be on their way (one for work, one for home), and I could not be happier. Also, thanks for keeping the resale value for Apple's goods so high- new purchases are almost always nearly written off by the sale of their previous versions,
See, if just one of you lived in an average joe neighborhood out here in suburbia instead of in your upscale lofts, you'd know this already. Idiots.
You can purchase online from Apple or be directed to a convenient nearest Apple boutique. Believe me, in ten years, these stores will be as ubiquitous as Radio Shacks and 7-Elevens.
And in receiving that Dell mailer, the average person (especially over 45)says, "Oh I am going a buy a(any) computer, for the best price." There leads Dell, Walmart, or Best Buy with Windows.
Not taking into account long-term/resale value, ease of use, functionlaity, and portability. Many choose the big tower box.
Even though the Mac Mini or iMac has all or more power than the big tower box with Vista installed. Many think they are bringing home more computer. like the cars of the 1950's/early 1960's when in fact it is less.
Can't afford a new Mac? Hit eBay, any of the dozens of resellers online. Works for me.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/cto.do
And this:
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And this:
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And this:
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And this:
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And finally, this:
http://wizardishungry.com/blog/_/2007/01/112346...
GAMES!
And the only reason Vista has caused problems for users is because of a lack of well-written drivers, and the hardware makers are to blame. For instance, I'll never buy an HP product again since they refuse to write a Vista driver for a 2004 scanner, and would rather I bought a new one instead.
The only real problem I see with the Dell is Vista. However, Dell is now selling a Ubuntu equipped version of the 1330. The discount is a bit disappointing though.
1) The PC is no longer the dominant gaming environment. Consoles are now where it's at. 5 years ago, you would have scored with that point. Not now, after two generations of Xbox and three generations of Playstation.
2) Have you heard the news that Macs use Intel chips now, and that you can run Windows pretty easily on Macs? Ergo, your Windows games should run on a Mac running Windows. In fact, PC World recently stated flat-out that Vista runs best on the MacBook Pro.
Given the ease with which you can now run Windows on current-gen Mac hardware, lack of any kind of software is no longer an excuse for not buying a Mac.
2) Mac knows customers want PC more due to better value and speed and spec's. Which is why Mac use Intel cpu to become PC's lol. PC World is rubbish place to shop and take there word for it. Beside the spec they tested on they never had higher spec on PC laptop to compare to MacBook Pro.
Bottom line, Apple needs more competitve price to PC and laptop on Spec wise and customisable. Apple runs great cause it only runs on handful of selected components which Apple enough time to optimise.
Then throw on the terrible stigma of being a "mac guy" - not being associated with the kind of person who uses "ergo" superfluously and begins written communication with an insult and sarcasm, well that's worth a hell of a lot more than $20, a price difference you can bet Dell will remedy within the week.
1) PC gaming is still a huge market. This will remain the case.
2) Actually the MacBook Pro was the fastest reviewed, not the fastest overall. In any event it's now been superceded.
3) LOL fanboys.
That is all.
You have got to be shitting me.
Apple is on the right track with its recent product line, but at the same time everyone I Know who owns Macbooks also own a Windows PC and even another Windows laptop. You can't make the world switch over to Macs after they're accustomed to Windows their entire life... at least not this quickly anyways.
This is just one industry example, what about the hundreds of others?
Be happy that you have something that makes you happy. Because that is all that is gonna happen.
The windows fanboys are idiots, they've been making the same arguments forever and even when they're wrong they don't learn. I've always run Macs and this is why.
I had a mouse before you did.
I had ethernet standard before you did.
I had a CD-ROM before you knew what one was.
I had USB before you.
My 10 year old Mac is just starting to reach the end of it's usefulness.
My iMac boots faster than my one year newer Dell.
Despite all the beatings I put my Macs through hacking them, they still work, only twice have I ever had to reload the OS and that was my fault.
I will admit that Apple has failed on a number of occasions.
They were too slow to pick up CDRs
They were slow to pick up the two button mouse (but they did eventually)
They thought that people would pay more for quality.
They resisted hardware mods for too long (but not anymore)
They've resisted TV tuners integrating with the OS (still but you can do it) MacTV could have been awesome but wasn't)
iPhone should have video chat.
iPhone and iPods should have a removable battery
iPods and iPhones should have SD slots.
Jobs is playing too closely to the content protection side of technology. Any time you play that game and there is an alternative, you'll loose customers.
I love my Macs, but Apple has played the closed box game far too long and they only relent when it's clear they lost the fight.
My aides can buy a well-equipped Windows "craptop" for $800, or a decent Thinkpad for around $1000. The minimum for a barely-usable MacBook is $1300. They can also get a very good desktop, with slots a drive bays, for $600 -- the price of a lame Mac Mini. A Mac with slots starts at $2800.
Can you run Windows software without Windows?(technically, you have the XP API's)
The problem is - who cares? The average user can't even istall Windows Vista (insert the DVD - press any key, follow the instructions), why would they buy a Mac if you can get a normal notebook with a much better OS (Windows Vista/XP), that is compatible with all apps this average user needs?
Why is OS X an advantage? Becouse it is compatible with less programs and hardware than a Windows OS? Becouse it looks different? I've lately seen more problems wih Macs, then with Windows-based PCs and notebooks - and I work in a store where we sell about 100x more PCs than Macs.
Mac is only good for people with big e-penises and some people, who use them for audio/video editing (even tho you can do the same on PCs).