Comments on: Building your own MAC may be illegal, but’s it’s also much cheaper.

By: It's really simple...

It's really simple... — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:21:08 +0000

Truth of the matter: We’re all paying more than cost, whether we’re talking about a new pair of shoes, some nice jeans, or a new computer. Some people will spend extra money on brand name glasses and some will spend it on a computer.

Macs work just fine out-of-the-box and so do PCs. The difference for most users is how well their computers are working 1 year after purchase. It’s safe to say that many people don’t care enough to write on forums like this one and make a big deal about computer technicalities, which is probably because their interests are elsewhere in life. For that population, Macs are quite appealing.

And… there is no real Mac cult. There are fanatics, yes, but there will always be fanatics. A lot of people are just happy about using a computer that doesn’t throw uninformative error messages at them.

By: rutger hauer

rutger hauer — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:50:28 +0000

built my own PC <$600, kick ass at the time too. little effort on my part. been using it for ~3-4 yrs. not going to shell out $1100 to conform.

By: Saturday’s Gadget Gallery » Coolest Gadgets

Saturday’s Gadget Gallery » Coolest Gadgets — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:52:32 +0000

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By: Hackguy

Hackguy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:00:53 +0000

As usual the Mactards make the flakiest of arguments for their holier than thou company that they probably bow down to every day. Apple is a hardware ripoff – you’d have to be an absolute economic moron not to see. There are huge disadvantages of an all-in-one design. Check out replacement prices for Apple motherboards and monitors for iMacs that are 2 or 3 years old! They are 5-10 more than their PC equivalents. Bottom line is smart people run both OS’s. Best of both worlds. Keep your Windows machine mostly offline and the Mac for online stuff. Avoid almost all problems.

By: Cool PC? No...Operating PC

Cool PC? No...Operating PC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:45:33 +0000

I didn’t switch to macintosh because I would get more ladies. It simply works better. True, they should lower the cost of it, but the money you spend goes towards the neat package that fits on your desk and operates for better than 2 years. I can’t name you a person I know that doesn’t curse their old PC that “used to be so much faster.”

By: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What's the frequency, Kenneth? — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:14:28 +0000

That “storebought copy of Leopard” is a storebought UPGRADE. Since all Macs come with the OS, what you’re buying is an UPGRADE. Windows has a cheap upgrade price and a more expensive purchase price too. “Apples and Oranges,” as they say.

Also, go buy those parts at, say Walmart (retail) and compare. Oh, you CAN’T….yeah, well, you’re buying a PC retail. Again…Apples and Oranges.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:47:04 +0000

First off how many people build their own computer? Very few. Why when one can go to Apple, Dell, etc and get one ready made. Also I didn’t see a figure for labor – hours spent buying and assembling the parts. Granted the labor cost shouldn’t be near $1100 but labor does add a couple hundred dollars to the cost. Also you left off the technical support number for your basement built thing and the length of time for the warranty. As far as dressing down, I doubt the PC in the ad built his own box nor do many people want to. So what is your point?