You're a fairly ineffective Macintosh fanboy. Warranties are scams, customer service for what, exactly? And if you warrant paying over 1,000 dollars for a computer that doesn't have... "humiliating battery life" and "application crashes" ... Whatever the fuck that means, then be my guest. I haven't been running virus software on my Windows machines for years, so that goes to show you what browsing proper sites and knowing just -what- you're doing online comes into play when it comes to viruses.
Actually, I wouldn't consider myself a fanboy at all; I've just realized that MacBooks are built ridiculously well and are valuable enough to drop any false sense of superiority I had due to growing up on PCs.
If all you do is web browse and play games (all legally, probably), you're absolutely right; I like to download things without worrying about viruses, though. Also, my battery life is usually at 10 hours remaining when I'm typing out assignments in Word on 100%, and it goes up to 16 hours if it's idling. Can't do that on a PC without spending a lot of money, and have it stay that way.
There is no "Stigma" about mac. Their computers are 1,000 dollars over priced for nothing more than a PC of the same quality. Pure and simple. That's all there is to it. You're paying for a name for no reason. "The MacBook air is the most 'beautiful' ..." Yeah, okay. Whatever that means when it comes to computing.
Not sure what kind of computer you built for 250, but it's not a nice one, and it's definitely not a gaming computer. A good mobo alone runs 100 dollars, a good processor is 100 more, a good graphics card is 150 more, case and power supply should run 90-100 more. A computer for 250 dollars is like, a gig of ram, an old mobo, a decent but old AMD processor, a horrible case/power supply and a hard-drive.
My Mobo and Processor together ran about 450 dollars.
You make Belial look like an innocent fibber.
All I'll allow myself to say toward such militant (seeming) PC ignorance is: nice limited warranty, embarrassing customer service, application/explorer crashes, humiliating battery life, and viruses, to name a few PC problems. You get for what you pay for.
The desktop I built did, indeed, cost me $250 total to build. I remember the 4GB RAM and the $20 case being on sale, and the video card, motherboard, and power supply were the most expensive parts (definitely didn't cost more than $80 for the video card, and the power supply was no more than $60). The computer wasn't a gaming beast, but it could play WoW on full graphics settings, which is what I cared about at the time. Spare monitor, keyboard, mouse, power cords. My friend bought it for the price I spent on it when I decided to move on to a laptop several months later.
My friend keeps telling me the same thing. He's always trying to get me to switch over to mac. The way I figured it, my desktop is a PC, so I'd like my laptop to be a Mac. So if I can get the air any time soon I totally will. I'm ready to start learning something new with it.
I agree. The whole stigma about Macs sucking is really inaccurate; I could never understand it.
The MacBook Air is the most beautiful laptop I've ever seen/used. PCs still have their uses, for sure (I have parallels with Win7 just in case), but they are most definitely not the only option (or best, in my opinion).
I really, really recommend building (or having a friend build you) a desktop for gaming.
The last computer I built was a desktop PC, all parts from NewEgg, and it was really great and really cheap. The whole thing costed $250, which got me 2.4-2.5 GHz (can't remember), 4 GB RAM, real nice NVIDIA video card (can't remember), and a 250 GB HD. Didn't have to pay for the OS, which greatly reduced the cost, too. That's a hell of a nice setup for being built 2 years ago on a $250 budget.
Those macbook airs are awesome. I wish I could get one. The asus makes one almost exactly like it. No thunderbolt obviously but it's got USB 3.0.
I used to be a strong advocate for windows 7 and PCs, then I started using my girlfriend's MacBook Pro for a year and couldn't go back.
I got my MacBook Air on MacMall for $1100 (original price $1800) with an extra year warranty, and AppleCare plan for it for 3-4 years. No matter what, the computer will always work, and work well, which makes the investment more worth it [considering my HP DV7 lasted less than a year while playing WoW (like that's a demanding game for graphics) and costed $700].
I don't expect it to outperform any gaming computers, but it runs Torchlight and Dragon Age II without a sweat, and has an average battery life of 4 hours while gaming (8 hours casual).
Worth every penny.
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Actually, I wouldn't consider myself a fanboy at all; I've just realized that MacBooks are built ridiculously well and are valuable enough to drop any false sense of superiority I had due to growing up on PCs.
If all you do is web browse and play games (all legally, probably), you're absolutely right; I like to download things without worrying about viruses, though. Also, my battery life is usually at 10 hours remaining when I'm typing out assignments in Word on 100%, and it goes up to 16 hours if it's idling. Can't do that on a PC without spending a lot of money, and have it stay that way.
You make Belial look like an innocent fibber.
All I'll allow myself to say toward such militant (seeming) PC ignorance is: nice limited warranty, embarrassing customer service, application/explorer crashes, humiliating battery life, and viruses, to name a few PC problems. You get for what you pay for.
The desktop I built did, indeed, cost me $250 total to build. I remember the 4GB RAM and the $20 case being on sale, and the video card, motherboard, and power supply were the most expensive parts (definitely didn't cost more than $80 for the video card, and the power supply was no more than $60). The computer wasn't a gaming beast, but it could play WoW on full graphics settings, which is what I cared about at the time. Spare monitor, keyboard, mouse, power cords. My friend bought it for the price I spent on it when I decided to move on to a laptop several months later.
I agree. The whole stigma about Macs sucking is really inaccurate; I could never understand it.
The MacBook Air is the most beautiful laptop I've ever seen/used. PCs still have their uses, for sure (I have parallels with Win7 just in case), but they are most definitely not the only option (or best, in my opinion).
I really, really recommend building (or having a friend build you) a desktop for gaming.
The last computer I built was a desktop PC, all parts from NewEgg, and it was really great and really cheap. The whole thing costed $250, which got me 2.4-2.5 GHz (can't remember), 4 GB RAM, real nice NVIDIA video card (can't remember), and a 250 GB HD. Didn't have to pay for the OS, which greatly reduced the cost, too. That's a hell of a nice setup for being built 2 years ago on a $250 budget.
I used to be a strong advocate for windows 7 and PCs, then I started using my girlfriend's MacBook Pro for a year and couldn't go back.
I got my MacBook Air on MacMall for $1100 (original price $1800) with an extra year warranty, and AppleCare plan for it for 3-4 years. No matter what, the computer will always work, and work well, which makes the investment more worth it [considering my HP DV7 lasted less than a year while playing WoW (like that's a demanding game for graphics) and costed $700].
MacBook Air 13" (Late 2010)
2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Running OSX Lion (latest)
I don't expect it to outperform any gaming computers, but it runs Torchlight and Dragon Age II without a sweat, and has an average battery life of 4 hours while gaming (8 hours casual).
Worth every penny.