Thread: My new macbook
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Old 05-30-2013, 03:37 PM  
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Originally Posted by edgeprod View Post
That'd be nice if you were budget-conscious, like some of my family is. I run a real Macbook, because I don't have time for even the chance of bullshit, and an extra $2,500 every couple of years is just the cost of doing business .. but if the cheaper laptops have any reasonable build quality (most of them feel ... less well put together to me), this would be a great option for some family members. I'll have to look into it.

My thought was that Rochard was talking about a Windows laptop, which is equivalent to saying that he bought a cheap TV, but it only works with his VCR .. what's the point?
It's got nothing to do with being budget conscious. It's more to do with getting the most for your money. I felt like less of a sucker not having to turn my credit card over to Apple this time around, and there was a point when Quiet and myself were the only Mac users on this board with our Bondi Blue iMacs

The Macbooks are definitely a much better build quality than MOST, but not all laptops out there. But that still doesn't justify them being 2-3 times the cost of your typical laptop. They are no more or less reliable than anything else on the market. If they were, there wouldn't be a 1 hour wait in the Apple Store on a daily basis.

And all Macbooks suck ass for video editing, as do 99% of the PC laptops.
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