Cheap Apple Mac Notebooks

M4RKM

asininity wrote: »

Cheap and Apple dont go together, now rip-off maybe.

rip off? no... quality yes...

nuffsaid

cmatt

markymoo wrote: »

rip off? no... quality yes...

nuffsaid

quoted for truth

asininity

I'd argue you'd get a better PC for the money you'd pay for a Mac. Or the same spec PC for half the price.

cmatt

asininity wrote: »

I'd argue you'd get a better PC for the money you'd pay for a Mac.

better specc'd does not mean better per se...

depends on what you use it for - I would never recommend a mac for casual usage tbh..

Kavanne

markymoo wrote: »

rip off? no... quality yes...

nuffsaid

i agree. also wrt service, where else can you get a same day fix on your computer problem... on a Sunday!? Took it in at opening time (11am), turned out I needed a new cd drive, got a call at 4 saying come and get it, all replaced!! Oh and free. I like that security knowing that if anything DID go wrong, I don't have to wait for a UPS bloke to pick it up, send it off to a central depot, so many chances to get lost... Not for me, I am afraid. And as a student I had 3 yr parts + labour warranty included for FREE too!

asininity

I'll agree very few PC's can beat a Mac on aesthetics.

If you just take into account the hardware and not the name that comes with it, would you pay the same amount?? I dare say no.

If I could afford to spend the amount of money for a Mac I'd get a PC eveytime more bang per buck.

M4RKM

cmatt wrote: »

better specc'd does not mean better per se...

can i add longevity into the argument..

you can buy a cheap laptop at £500, but it may only last a year before it's falling apart, or too slow to do anything of use, whereas a mac can last years... and i mean years.... *waves at his 8 year old iBook*

Kavanne

markymoo wrote: »

can i add longevity into the argument..

you can buy a cheap laptop at £500, but it may only last a year before it's falling apart, or too slow to do anything of use, whereas a mac can last years... and i mean years.... *waves at his 8 year old iBook*

Yeah a friend of mine had my old G4 quicksilver tower which I bought in 2002 (I think, may have been earlier) still going up until very recently.

asininity

I've got 8yr old computers running linux that are very fast. Windows isnt to a PC what OSX is to a Mac.

PROLIANT

markymoo wrote: »

can i add longevity into the argument..

you can buy a cheap laptop at £500, but it may only last a year before it's falling apart, or too slow to do anything of use, whereas a mac can last years... and i mean years.... *waves at his 8 year old iBook*

Ah now come on, you get what you pay for now don't you, not everybody can afford MAC stuff.