27" Mac

[BrianG]

My wife has an iMac and I hate it. When it works, it works well. But if anything goes wrong where things need to be replaced, better be ready with the KY when you go to the Apple store! It's essentially laptop innards where nothing is an industry standard size. So, a part that normally costs $50 on a PC would be closer to $200 on an apple product.

Case in point, my wife's mac recently came up with a bad PS. They wanted $170 for a new one (and it's piddly power-wise)! And the day she got it back, it mysteriously developed a bad inverter module (apparently for the backlight). They were nice enough to eat the labor, but that part was another $80.

Honestly, I don't see the big deal even with graphics. Nothing that a similar sized monitor on a PC would offer. Mac OS is just a flavor of linux, so nothing fancy there. And there are PC versions of the graphics programs (Adobe bloatware).

The hardware may be better (even that is questionable), but to me, the only thing you are spending all that cash on is aesthetics. So really, it's a very pretty and expensive machine that has no advantage over PC in any other way.

And Jobs is a piece of.... Well, let's just say the guys is soooo full of himself it makes me want to punch him in the face... twice.

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by BrianG

My wife has an iMac and I hate it. When it works, it works well. But if anything goes wrong where things need to be replaced, better be ready with the KY when you go to the Apple store! It's essentially laptop innards where nothing is an industry standard size. So, a part that normally costs $50 on a PC would be closer to $200 on an apple product.

Case in point, my wife's mac recently came up with a bad PS. They wanted $170 for a new one (and it's piddly power-wise)! And the day she got it back, it mysteriously developed a bad inverter module (apparently for the backlight). They were nice enough to eat the labor, but that part was another $80.

Honestly, I don't see the big deal even with graphics. Nothing that a similar sized monitor on a PC would offer. Mac OS is just a flavor of linux, so nothing fancy there. And there are PC versions of the graphics programs (Adobe bloatware).

The hardware may be better (even that is questionable), but to me, the only thing you are spending all that cash on is aesthetics. So really, it's a very pretty and expensive machine that has no advantage over PC in any other way.

And Jobs is a piece of.... Well, let's just say the guys is soooo full of himself it makes me want to punch him in the face... twice.

Yeah..
I know everybody (even I did) thinks AppleCare is such a rip.. (and it really is...as long as you don't drop the freaking thing!)

However, my iPods have developed some pretty things.. I apply the ZAGG (InvisibleShield, which I love btw..) the moisture MIGHT drop into the home button once or twice.. and wreak havoc with that.
You take it into the Store, they'll replace it as long as it's not under warranty.

A few my iPods have been "defected" where the screen will randomly flicker, they'll diagnose it, and just replace it. Now I'm sure it's not the same with actual computers since those actually cost a shiny penny..

Brian..
Parts are pretty much 5 times the price of a regular part..
However, some parts are pretty easily serviceable.
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