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30-10-2009, 11:38 PM
Mint

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Originally Posted by Excellent2

Both are great. I'm now a Windows boy because apple turned me down for financing :P

Any Apple product is amazing though. I remember unboxing my Mac Mini and just feeling utter joy. The designs are so sleek and the functionality is brilliant.

Thing is, I get better performance from my Sony Vaio than I do a Macbook.

I had the same happy feeling unboxing my iMac, it's just like wow! My last 2 laptops have been Sony VAIO's. Brilliant laptops but thats just about it, not really a joy to look at or use, they are just computers. :P
30-10-2009, 11:49 PM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by Mint

they are just computers. :P

So is an iMac, what's your point?
31-10-2009, 12:29 AM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by Mint

I had the same happy feeling unboxing my iMac, it's just like wow! My last 2 laptops have been Sony VAIO's. Brilliant laptops but thats just about it, not really a joy to look at or use, they are just computers. :P

I felt the same when I opened my MacBook as I do with any hardware, a slight smile on my face and im ready to get it going, nothing special about it, if anything It only felt good because I had earnt it after about two years.
31-10-2009, 09:26 AM
Excellent2

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Originally Posted by Mint

I had the same happy feeling unboxing my iMac, it's just like wow! My last 2 laptops have been Sony VAIO's. Brilliant laptops but thats just about it, not really a joy to look at or use, they are just computers. :P

Yeah I agree. My Mac Mini unboxing was much greater than my Sony Vaio's. I'd rather there be bits and pieces that are nicely tucked in place, rather than scattered.
31-10-2009, 01:39 PM
Mint

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Originally Posted by Jewish Bear

So is an iMac, what's your point?

Think of it as buying a car. You have been driving cars like ford focuses, VW Golfs, Vauxhall Astra's. When buying them cars it's good because it's a new car, but nothing more than a car, it just does the job (like a PC). Then you go and buy a car such as a Range Rover Sport, or a Porsche. You get the same buying a new car experience as you do with cheaper cars but you also get something else. The car is much more luxurious, faster, powerful and a joy to look at. Not only that but all that time earning the massive amount of money has paid off. My point is, cheaper cars and expensive cars are both cars but the expensive cars will always be better to own (and purchase in this case).

Money makes the world go round, you can live without it but live better with it. ;)
31-10-2009, 01:48 PM
Stephen!

Macs aren't more powerful.
31-10-2009, 01:49 PM
Agnostic Bear

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Originally Posted by Mint

Think of it as buying a car. You have been driving cars like ford focuses, VW Golfs, Vauxhall Astra's. When buying them cars it's good because it's a new car, but nothing more than a car, it just does the job (like a PC). Then you go and buy a car such as a Range Rover Sport, or a Porsche. You get the same buying a new car experience as you do with cheaper cars but you also get something else. The car is much more luxurious, faster, powerful and a joy to look at. Not only that but all that time earning the massive amount of money has paid off. My point is, cheaper cars and expensive cars are both cars but the expensive cars will always be better to own (and purchase in this case).

Money makes the world go round, you can live without it but live better with it. ;)

So basically what you're saying to me is that you have no idea what you're talking about? Cause my setup is faster, more luxurious but costs less. Hmm.
31-10-2009, 02:33 PM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by Jewish Bear

So basically what you're saying to me is that you have no idea what you're talking about? Cause my setup is faster, more luxurious but costs less. Hmm.

In your opinion it's more luxurious. If you're talking about a PC setup obviously he doesn't want it, otherwise he would have purchased a PC?
31-10-2009, 03:24 PM
The Professor

I used a macbook for a couple of minutes when my IT teacher let me play with it a few weeks ago, the multitouch trackpad was immense but it took a bit too much pressure to click; the keyboard looked nice but took me a bit of time to adjust to the separated keys for some reason; the hardware seemed well built but the OS didn't blow me away like I thought it would.

Basically from my first impressions I wouldn't fork out the Apple tax to get one and I'm not really compelled to get it to form a further opinion. So yeah that sums my opinions up and anyone who jumps on them is Hitler :D
31-10-2009, 05:21 PM
Mint

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Originally Posted by Jewish Bear

So basically what you're saying to me is that you have no idea what you're talking about? Cause my setup is faster, more luxurious but costs less. Hmm.

If you bought a Computer that is more powerful than a 27" 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 iMac with 1TB memory then why didn't you just buy the iMac? It would probably cost quite a bit to buy a PC with more power than that but obviously wouldn't cost as much as the iMac. There's enough power in the iMac for whatever you need to do, well you are a computer geek (if you don't mind me saying) so God knows how much power you need. :rolleyes:

Fact is, a Tuned up VW Golf will never be better than a Ferrari even if it does go faster. ;)

Tuned up golf = PC
Ferrari = iMac

(if you didn't have the sense to figure that out)

But hang on a minute, why am I arguing about computers when it is a £2,000 iMac and typically a £200 computer with some £30 W7 upgrade? Not on the same level. :S

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