Thread: Why An Apple Tablet May Not Be Such A Great Thing
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:30 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Gideon View Post
Pretty much garbage.. some good points but that 'Mac tax" stuff is garbage. A comparable laptop to a comparable macbook doesn't have that huge a price difference and neither do their desktop models.

If you look at the "Pro" line things get MUCH more expensive but your average consumer products are only a bit more expensive for similar work and you have the added advantage of having what is generally very good, QUALITY hardware that lasts longer than your average PC and has Apple's tech support behind it.

You get what you pay for... there is indeed an Apple Tax, but since I switched a couple of years ago I couldn't be happier. My laptops are not 'locked in' - the only place I'm locked in is with the same crap I'm locked in anywhere I go - (used to be with music), video (everywhere that sells it), ebooks (anyplace that has a decent store/selection has some sort of DRM), and the app store (well, better than doing all my shopping at Handango... prices have been insanely reasonable this way.)

Yes these are drawbacks, but I think some people will be willing to take them. Especially given the present alternatives...

Apple is a bunch of control freaks, no doubt about it, but so is everyone else.
Yeah. Right. And those aren't the droids we're seeking, yes?

I have a Fry's right down the street from me. That's right, one of those we-sell-cheaper big-box stores and I can tell you that the 'consumer' *and* the 'pro' MacModels are far more expensive than equivalent Win/Lin models. The MacTax is alive and well. However, if one simply *must* have Mac compatibility, then unless one is willing to 'Hackintosh' a Dell Mini 9 or a Core2Duo/Core2Quad desktop system, buying all-Mac, all the time is the way to go, damn the expense. (Of course, having my second drive of my C2Q desktop with Snow Leopard installed and having a Dell Mini 9 running solely Snow Leopard, I'm quite happy with my 'hackintoshing'. )

I will say this, if I had to *choose* between Linux and Mac, and money was no object, I'd go Mac every time. While I NEED Windows capability (and I'm in love with Win7), I find Snow Leopard is a joy to use on my Mini 9 and works much better than XP on it.

Derek
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