Mac Book Pro Finance?

DCFC79

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fred246 wrote: »

Sensible people would not buy over-priced apples but I assume you won't want to hear my message.

I put off buying a macbook for maybe 5 years but took the plunge in the summer when pc world were offering a £100 cash back,best money i ever spent other pc's pale in comparison

JKSandy

Not sure why people consider macs/ macbooks as overpriced. Any other PC's/laptops with the same spec, quality etc aren't that much cheaper.

Nasqueron

woodbine wrote: »

I put off buying a macbook for maybe 5 years but took the plunge in the summer when pc world were offering a £100 cash back,best money i ever spent other pc's pale in comparison

The problem is not that you don't get a good machine, it's the premium that you pay for the name that means you get a machine costing at least 25% more than an identical spec PC. You get a nice shiny laptop with Mac OS which is safer than Windows but unless there is a good reason to buy a Mac such as graphic design or music as a career then the additional premium for the name will always be questioned on a money saving website. Even with 0% finance it's still debatable whether it is worth it.

I'm sure there are horror stories about PC laptops blowing up and the Mac replacement lasting X number of years but equally I have 2 Dell laptops, one running the old Pentium 233 MMX processor and one from XP era that work fine :beer:

chanz4

Nasqueron wrote: »

The problem is not that you don't get a good machine, it's the premium that you pay for the name that means you get a machine costing at least 25% more than an identical spec PC. You get a nice shiny laptop with Mac OS which is safer than Windows but unless there is a good reason to buy a Mac such as graphic design or music as a career then the additional premium for the name will always be questioned on a money saving website. Even with 0% finance it's still debatable whether it is worth it.

I'm sure there are horror stories about PC laptops blowing up and the Mac replacement lasting X number of years but equally I have 2 Dell laptops, one running the old Pentium 233 MMX processor and one from XP era that work fine :beer:

viruses and spyware are now cropping up on the macs, unlike how they used to be. The mac build isn't very good on the electric shock issues either

thebritishbloke

Nasqueron wrote: »

The problem is not that you don't get a good machine, it's the premium that you pay for the name that means you get a machine costing at least 25% more than an identical spec PC. You get a nice shiny laptop with Mac OS which is safer than Windows but unless there is a good reason to buy a Mac such as graphic design or music as a career then the additional premium for the name will always be questioned on a money saving website. Even with 0% finance it's still debatable whether it is worth it.

I'm sure there are horror stories about PC laptops blowing up and the Mac replacement lasting X number of years but equally I have 2 Dell laptops, one running the old Pentium 233 MMX processor and one from XP era that work fine :beer:

Without turning this into a Mac vs PC thread, it's peoples own decisions what you spend the money on. A Dacia Sandero is just as good as a Citroen C1, but people will go for the Citroen over the Dacia.

Their customer service is the best I've ever used, and I've had a miniscule amount of problems with my Apple products, and when I have had problems they've been fixed immediately.

suicidebob

Nasqueron wrote: »

The problem is not that you don't get a good machine, it's the premium that you pay for the name that means you get a machine costing at least 25% more than an identical spec PC.

A few folk say this, but never come up with any examples.

Strange, that.

fred246

A year or two ago I looked at an Apple costing £1000.
The price of the hardware was £400
So I could have a linux pc for £400
With Windows it was £470
And the Apple was £1000
So it's a lot more than 25%
These figures are all retail so the PC manufacturers would get the parts for less.

suicidebob

fred246 wrote: »

A year or two ago I looked at an Apple costing £1000.
The price of the hardware was £400
So I could have a linux pc for £400
With Windows it was £470
And the Apple was £1000
So it's a lot more than 25%
These figures are all retail so the PC manufacturers would get the parts for less.

Seriously?

That's not an example. That's you typing in some random numbers.

You haven't worked hard enough to be able to justify buying a Mac. Plenty of us work hard so we can buy nice things.
Accept it and move on.

fred246

You can see why some people make the computer and then illegally put the Apple software on it.