Today I got a lesson in Apple build quality.

phoneguy

What I find rather bizarre is if the OP was happy to throw away a shed of money on this overpriced cr|Apple POS in the first instance, why is he scratching for cheap spare parts of fleabay? Surely you'd take it to a wonderful cr|Apple store and have it iFixed under iGotrippedoff cr|Apple care?

I guess the OP has worked out that the cheap parts on fleabay are actually as good - if not superior - to the original components used in the build, begging the question "Why was it so expensive to buy in the first place?"

There is nothing wrong with overpriced tat being bought by people who are insecure enough to feel they need it for ego or status, but please, why do cr|Apple owners feel the need to identify their personality disorders and gullibility to the rest of the world?

mikey72

dipsomaniac wrote: »

just heard today on bbc that samsung is apples biggest parts supplier. is this true?

They're fighting each other over patents, but Samsung makes a lot of the chips for apple in Samsung wafer fabs in Korea.

Gratis

espresso wrote: »

Yes but he didn't bite did he.

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debitcardmayhem

Gordon Bennett Gratis will you make your picture smaller please
all the bits are going off the end

My cat couldn't find the reply box

Dexters_Indignation

Well I use to laugh at apple.

Then....

Then I got an iphone...

I was amazed everything worked so well.

I even got an macbook "on loan" it really was an eye opener...

Many techie type may take the uriine but until they try one they will not know, nor understand how good they actually are.

I felt like a traitor, now I am a convert.

I only wish i could afford to by my very own mac...

untill then I will spy with envy.

Its just the price apple is about three times as much as a equivalent pc.

We can all choose an escort or a jag, but those that can'y hate those that can.

Notmyrealname

Dexters_Indignation wrote: »

Its just the price apple is about three times as much as a equivalent pc.

Actually it isn't. It is less. For example, take the 27" iMac. The only way it is remotely possible to build the same spec PC for the same price is to put Linux on it and even then, there's no Thunderbolt port on the PC, you're using a mid level motherboard and there's a ton of cables hanging out the back.

What it is possible to do is buy a PC with the equivalent CPU, RAM, HDD, graphics card and same sized display for 1/3 the price of a Mac but it doesn't make it equivalent.

It is like claiming the £350 Lenovo Thinkpad is better than their flagship T series because it has a faster CPU, larger HDD and more RAM. However place both on the floor, close the lid, jump on them and then try to use them and you'll be left in absolutely no doubt that the £350 one is nowhere near as good as the T series as the £350 one is opened to the sound of cracked plastic and brokenscreen whereas the T series carries on as if nothing has happened.

Pugwash69

almillar wrote: »

But it's made of plastic! And the Asus and HP laptops are MacBook Pro prices anyway.

Not quite! I have an Asus Zenbook that cost me £830, same spec as the i7 Macbook Air priced at £1500.

Gratis

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Gordon Bennett, Gratis will you make your picture smaller, please;
all the bits are going off the end.

I confess that it was deliberate (temporarily), for the benefit of espresso. He seemed disappointed that I'd spotted his cat-trap and I didn’t want him to feel he’d been short-changed on a Money Saving site.

Remedied now, for the sake of all (including me). :blushing:

PS. Was your own feline looking for a corkscrew?

Fifer

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Actually it isn't. It is less. For example, take the 27" iMac. The only way it is remotely possible to build the same spec PC for the same price is to put Linux on it and even then, there's no Thunderbolt port on the PC, you're using a mid level motherboard and there's a ton of cables hanging out the back.

What it is possible to do is buy a PC with the equivalent CPU, RAM, HDD, graphics card and same sized display for 1/3 the price of a Mac but it doesn't make it equivalent.

It is like claiming the £350 Lenovo Thinkpad is better than their flagship T series because it has a faster CPU, larger HDD and more RAM. However place both on the floor, close the lid, jump on them and then try to use them and you'll be left in absolutely no doubt that the £350 one is nowhere near as good as the T series as the £350 one is opened to the sound of cracked plastic and brokenscreen whereas the T series carries on as if nothing has happened.

That makes the T series more robust, which might make it better (or not) depending upon the use it is expected to be put to. On the other hand, it might make it ridiculously over-engineered for many applications. Goodness has to include a measure of fitness for purpose. The average user doesn't need a laptop you can jump up and down on or a keyboard held together with more screws than the Forth bridge has rivets.

home_alone

Well I love my 27" iMac its quality, pricey but still quality.