Steve Jobs is an @SS, don't buy into the OSX86 crap!

[FreshPrince]

If you think about it, he's been forcing the MAC world to buy the more expensive PPC counterparts, when he could've been honest from the get go and let people choose their own hardware. :|

I like OSX, but even that tactic is hitting below the belt....

I'll stick with longhorn

 

[MrCodeDude]

By the time Apple impliments x86, AMD will have quad core Opterons. :laugh:

 

[gar3555]

why don't you tell us how you really feel?

 

[her209]

Soon, the Mac users will realize how Apple has been raping them on prices for all these years.

 

[moshquerade]

most Steves i know are a$ses

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: her209
Soon, the Mac users will realize how Apple has been raping them on prices for all these years.

I doubt it....Steve blowjobs will price the new system just as much....so they will stay in their naive world.

By that time, you can point to the same X86 system with exact specs, but running windows and they will still think MAC is better. This is because each MAC built in the last 5 years has had a brain washing machine secretly built into it....why do you think the hardware cost so much? Now that the brain washing is complete, they don't need to continue with the expensive hw, but still get paid!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: her209
Soon, the Mac users will realize how Apple has been raping them on prices for all these years.

Why would they realize now? They've been getting screwed for years and constantly bend over and say "Thank you sir, may I have another?". That's not going to change any time soon.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: her209
Soon, the Mac users will realize how Apple has been raping them on prices for all these years.

Why would they realize now? They've been getting screwed for years and constantly bend over and say "Thank you sir, may I have another?". That's not going to change any time soon.

Dunno why but that last quote was freaking funny right now...

 

[BigJ]

Don't blame a smart businessman for taking advantage of naive customers.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Perhaps apple users are apple users for "style" and "creativity" rather then performance?

A agree that it's stupid to buy a mac when a PC can do so much more for so less, but people have their reasons, and Apple isn't forcing anyone to buy a mac.

 

[upsciLLion]

You're quite the c*** f**.

 

[MidasKnight]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
If you think about it, he's been forcing the MAC world to buy the more expensive PPC counterparts, when he could've been honest from the get go and let people choose their own hardware. :|

I like OSX, but even that tactic is hitting below the belt....

I'll stick with longhorn

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Yeah d00d teh mac usrs aer teh suk0rz. teh pc is prefrom bettar tahn macs0rz. stev jobs is a mroron adn so are mac usres. i lvoe my pc and wrold of warcarft. i am teh pc zelot. omg fuk yuo aple. mac sux0rz omg lolololol!!!!111imstupid!!!11

 

[CraigRT]

Apple sucks, I'd love to see the death of them (well i understand the cons of that happening but their business practices still irk me to death)

 

[RagingBITCH]

Once again, FP posts stupid ass sh!t that makes no sense.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
Apple sucks, I'd love to see the death of them (well i understand the cons of that happening but their business practices still irk me to death)

no real cons really... at this point, I could care less if m$ was broken up into tiny peices because if they continue down the path with this DRM and TCPA shiet, I'm just going to either have to stick with my older software (which I'm generally ok with) or go linux (still needs to get around to building a linux box...)

They're not helping the industry anymore, just making it worse. They've had years to fix their problems but instead sit on their laurels and don't do shiet. If they got broken up, linux would gain more support therefore allowing more widespread use of an open source operating system which=

 

[SSP]

Before we start hanging Mac users... know that it wasn?t available to anyone on the X86 platform... so if you wanted OSX, then you had to buy the system. Some people just prefer one OS to another and don?t care about $$.

Also... Jobs is a genius for pulling this off... I hate to admit it but really... forcing people to buy the hardware with the software is a smart ass idea.

Bah? I just defended Macs? I feel all dirty and disgusting.

 

[halik]

i'll have osx running on my p4 in about 2 weeks... long horn is still years away

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
Apple sucks, I'd love to see the death of them (well i understand the cons of that happening but their business practices still irk me to death)

:roll:

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: SSP
Before we start hanging Mac users... know that it wasn?t available to anyone on the X86 platform... so if you wanted OSX, then you had to buy the system. Some people just prefer one OS to another and don?t care about $$.

Also... Jobs is a genius for pulling this off... I hate to admit it but really... forcing people to buy the hardware with the software is a smart ass idea.

Bah? I just defended Macs? I feel all dirty and disgusting.

Now imagine if Microsoft did the same thing. People would be screaming about monopolies and anti-trust.

 

[dugweb]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Once again, FP posts stupid ass sh!t that makes no sense.

lol

the prices arent even that terrible... look at these two travel laptops.

dell
apple

for 1500, you get more from apple than at dell?? wtf

edit: true, at the apple im taking into account the student discount, but id qaulify for that, and i didnt look at dell to see if they have a student discount

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: dugweb

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Once again, FP posts stupid ass sh!t that makes no sense.

lol

the prices arent even that terrible... look at these two travel laptops.

dell
apple

for 1500, you get more from apple than at dell?? wtf

edit: true, at the apple im taking into account the student discount, but id qaulify for that, and i didnt look at dell to see if they have a student discount

your retarded for thinking that dell wouldn't have a student discount... of course they have one, almost every computer company (that is large) has one.

 

[Miramonti]

If the windows apps that I need could run seemlessly on a macX86 as well (ie fast) as they do on a pc, I'd almost certainly go back to a mac if it wasn't a huge price increase anymore. The OS has always been much more user-friendly than windows, a much more pleasant experience.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince

Originally posted by: her209
Soon, the Mac users will realize how Apple has been raping them on prices for all these years.

I doubt it....Steve blowjobs will price the new system just as much....so they will stay in their naive world.

By that time, you can point to the same X86 system with exact specs, but running windows and they will still think MAC is better. This is because each MAC built in the last 5 years has had a brain washing machine secretly built into it....why do you think the hardware cost so much? Now that the brain washing is complete, they don't need to continue with the expensive hw, but still get paid!

Ever think that beyond the hardware lies the software? As much as I love my PC, I'd definitely buy a Mac right now if I could afford a good G5, because some of the video editing programs are superior as well as some other related programs.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: her209
Soon, the Mac users will realize how Apple has been raping them on prices for all these years.

Why would they realize now? They've been getting screwed for years and constantly bend over and say "Thank you sir, may I have another?". That's not going to change any time soon.

Yeah, but they've been getting away with it all these years by duping their customers into thinking that the Mac is a faster computer. Sure, a top of the line P4 EE or Athlon 64 will destroy a dual G5 setup in most applications, but there is always one or two Photoshop plugins or video editing apps that run better on the PowerPC platform. When it came time to create some new advertising hype, you knew damn that Apple was going to use those benchmarks to hype their products.

Now that the next generation Macs will be using generally the same processors and motherboards that Dell/HP/Lenovo(IBM)/Gateway/etc are using, it will likely become much harder to find those performance advantages with certain applications over a standard PC. In general, Steve Jobs will be asking people to pay around a 20% price premium for a fancier looking box and a different operating system. Sure, the Mac die-hards will probably pay it in a second, but it's a tougher sell to those looking for the best performance on the applications they NEED to do their job.