Originally Posted by **********
(Post 19841616)
Let's see:
If you have a PC, you have
- A swarm of wires in the back Thankfully, yes. I don't need apple connectors and can hook everything under the sun to my system
- at least 4 noisy fans keeping it cool Mine are all quiet when set to quiet. Interestingly enough, macs overheat just as easily and mostly due to slowed down fan by default.
- Windows XP, Visa, 7 or 8 written by a separate manufacturer Good. Keeps development moving forward. None of this new and improved tech everyone else has done already.
- Endless anti-virus updates Macs have anti-virus too. My pc only updates its definitions every week or so in background without bothering me.
- Endless pre-loaded programs chewing up ram Blame the retailers, not the platform.
- Drivers, drivers, drivers! Uhm, your mac uses drivers, too. Just, only thing you can plug into that thing gets recognized and drivers install for most part. That's the bonus of very little hardware, I guess.
- Super slow boot times (45-90 seconds even with fast 7200 RPM HD) Pretty sure my Imac took just as long.
- Requires drivers for other devices
- Requires 3rd party everything, like monitors. What do you expect? Its a different platform.
- Little to no free support, No single source support, Long waits for support. Apple provides its own support, retailers usually provide support for PC for a fee. It's a trade-off for price.
- Pay about $250 for OS upgrades Trust me, you already paid a shit ton int he premium for the mac already, its not just paying for hardware.
And worst of all, you very likley to be so stubborn that you won't even consider the Apple brand, that:
- Has simple, elegant design with almost no wires Simpler, yes. I get it's appeal. But good luck expanding without tons of cables for USB and eSata.
- Super silent fans (3 in iMac, 1 in new Mac Pro, none in Macbook) 3 fan in imac must be new, mine had only one and it gunked up so bad the HDD fried. Pc have heat issues, macs have heat issues, too. When I sold these units, we serviced a bunch of macs for heat and failure, too.
- OS, based on super-stable Unix, written by Apple, for apple. Yay?
- No anti-virus software to worry about, and no viruses either) Oh really? then how come mac users can buy anti virus software?
- Properly written software + certified 3rd party software available through Apple Ive used shitty written software on mac.
- Super-Fast Boot times (12-16 seconds)
- Plays well with other devices Not really.. plays well with apple-approved devices and the random lucky ones.
- Includes stunning, very high quality monitors (except Mac Pro which requires separate purchase for monitor) Pay a bit more and get stunning high quality monitors, too.
- Super-fast support, often free, with almost zero wait time.
- Pay about $20.00 for OS upgrades.
Many mac users like myself, came from PC backgrounds and used PC's before switching to Macs because we gave Apple a chance. Almost all of the Apple-bashers on this board flat-out refuse to even consider Apple and spit out all kinds of errors when talking about their products.
"Apple Fanboys" do not exist. Apple users use Apple products its because we like them for all kinds of reasons and their products work for us, and its because we SHOPPED AROUND like a good consumer should. We looked at the product then looked at the price and said "Great! Here's my money".
If you rant against Apple but have never owned one yourself and then spew out your "PC Forever" rants, then YOU are the fanboy.
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