Quote Originally Posted by ///MPower View Post
- Macs aren't expensive. Compare them to Dells with similar specs, and you might be surprised by which one comes out cheaper.
Yes, but Macs aren't cheap either. I've never seen a Php15k cheapass desktop or a 40k laptop from Apple. (all right, 25k and 50k for the legit stuff ) The PC market isn't just the Dell mid-end stuff.

- It's spelt Mac. PC guys get annoyed at this too, because they understand that a Machine Access Control is different from an Apple Macintosh.
Uhhh, I don't get it. And isn't that Media Access Control?

- Macs are not better at graphics. People assume this, but the fact is that professionals use both platforms, and more often than not, they use custom made software that runs on Linux. iLife, however, does make it easy to polish amateur crap so as to give the impression that it is better for video stuff.
True. Pros use stuff that any average Windows/Mac/Linux nerd wouldn't believe.

- Gaming on a Mac is a non-issue. Dual boot Windows on an Intel Mac. Problem solved.
It is. Windows costs $$$$. A Mac system costs $$$$. (Piracy stuff aside, obviously!) If you can live with just one, why do you have to have the other!

Not as much of an issue now that the Mac is a PC too though. I wonder what happened to all the Mac zealots who claimed the PC hardware sucks though...

- Microsoft is not successful because of good software. It's a bit of a combination of luck and Bill Gates' amazing business strategies. The main (I wouldn't say only) reason people use Windows is because everyone else does. Holding market share is powerful; just look at the iPod.
Windows. From Windows 2000. Decent. But not amazing.
iPod. All versions. Decent. But not amazing.

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