What should i get? Hmm...

[Recursion]

Well dell make alienware so there hardly the best place for value for money :p
Though i would disagree with the statement, you can get the specs of a 2 grand macbook pro for a £1000 with a mesh. That makes the mesh half the price for the same spec and is a pretty huge difference in price. You gotta really want osx to justify that price gap :p

Very true, I have seen a sort of pattern with Apple, as it gets more expensive the price gap gets bigger.... and bigger.... between a Mac and PC which is just odd.

[The Professor]

HotelUser: Windows Vista sucks! Windows XP is fab! Mac OS X is even better! Damn Microsoft!

I installed Windows Vista on my craptop which does not live upto the Vista specs and now I'm very upset it doesn't work very well, why is this?! It's very slow and always crashing for me, Windows XP used to work better than this. Anyway I prefer Mac because Windows is very insecure and always getting virus's because I download things like free_canadian_porn_virus.exe and I have no idea when it comes to security so that's why mac is better.

Now he doesn't have to say it

As much as I hate to be seen to support trolling... GOD DAMNNN that was good. +rep

I the problem with people is they don't understand how the premium tax works. Some products are marketed as high quality products that are designed to last forever and a person is supposed to enjoy using them. This is as opposed to cheap laptops/computers which are made out of cheaper parts and are designed to just be functional for a couple of years. The higher class products (Apple's, Alienware's etc) have the extra money slapped on them for the peace of mind that they're going to last, the bragging rights you'll have when your mates come round, the comparative enjoyment you'll get using it and maybe the extra features (fancy lights, extreme thinness etc).

That's the premium tax, get over it

[HotelUser]

I the problem with people is they don't understand how the premium tax works. Some products are marketed as high quality products that are designed to last forever and a person is supposed to enjoy using them. This is as opposed to cheap laptops/computers which are made out of cheaper parts and are designed to just be functional for a couple of years. The higher class products (Apple's, Alienware's etc) have the extra money slapped on them for the peace of mind that they're going to last, the bragging rights you'll have when your mates come round, the comparative enjoyment you'll get using it and maybe the extra features (fancy lights, extreme thinness etc).
That's the premium tax, get over it

Or more commonly referred to as the Apple tax.