[citation][nom]whysobluepandabear[/nom]They could've just as easily put that "Extra" money they make into the bank, and actually accrue interest - besides the obvious fact of them just having more money in general to spend. I also don't believe that entire $300 gig. First, Dell has beyond frequent coupons - most of the time amounting to hundreds of dollars off the overall price. Second, like 4 days ago we had this similar debate when comparing an Macbook Pro to Alienware - mind you, Alienware itself is overpriced, but it's really a testament when Apple manages to outdo Alienware by a significant margin. It's like, Alienware is bad enough, but Apple is just horrendous. Anyways, I was able to build a laptop that had more RAM, bigger (and quality) screen, faster HD, or even a SSD on the alternative config and a WAY better GPU. The chassis was as always, nice and had a lot of perks with that aside. So really, I don't see what Apple has going for it. Pretentious, cult-like consumers who buy anything Apple releases. You could release iDogShit and the Apple fans would buy it. They'd even pay premium price for it too![/citation]
Well, I'd have to say "Pot calling Kettle" with the "pretentious" part and exchange "cult" for "childish internet bullies" and basically what you said could easily fit a PC elitist. Just because you don't see what Apple has going for it, doesn't mean the value isn't there.. You could just be blind to it. Or refuse to because of ego-based issues, penny-pinching issues, or even valid ethical and moral issues. To be honest, any issue is valid.. It is your money you spend, and as long as you feel you got your moneys worth, then your straight. Telling other people they are idiots for spending their way, living their way, or believing their way.. Now that's pretentious, in my opinion.
I really, really just try to view it all as a normal vs name-brand issue.(the whole PC vs Apple thing.) I could buy a lambo for $$$$, or buy something far, far cheaper, and customize the hell out of the thing(to the point that it is better, infact) for cheaper.. But.. A lambo, is still a mother f'in lambo. The same is true with any brand name item. I can make a copy of a Coach purse, and put a couple tweaks in to make the purse more comfortable, or more useful.. For FAR cheaper.. But a Coach purse, is still a Coach purse. Or a much larger diamond engagement ring, that to the naked eye LOOKS identical, to a Tiffany & Co.(T&Co) ring.. And chances are, while your lady will love either.. Chances are.. She will actually swoon more if you pull out a T&Co ring, than a Kay Jewelers one.. Because a T&Co ring, is a T&Co ring. Brand, whether you like it or not, understand it or not, or whatever other reasons your mind wants to dwell on.. Has enormous value.. Sometimes making something far more expensive than the sum of its parts. You just don't understand, obviously. Try and leave it at that. Like an adult.
Now, as for the money, absolutely, they could put it into the bank, or invest to make more money... But I think it's reasonable to assume that when you make damn good money, that your gonna want to buy damn good things. Now yes, you could be all like "Man, I want the absolute best bang for my buck, even if it takes me 3 months to do all the company research, parts research, upcoming products timelines(so you don't buy something that will be outdated in 2 days, etc) and whatever else and what not... And take pride in your super awesome best fiscal purchase evar.. OR.. Just maybe you actually have more going on in your life than some stupid computer parts shopping, and don't care for customization, or whatever other nonsense anyone here can think of, and they just want 3 things: A Sleek, sexy looking computer that can do what they want (which for most people.. isn't much at all, lol.)with the absolute minimum amount of learning curve to get it to do everything they want(which, as before..not much, lol) And when money isn't much of a concern, or when you just *like* name brands, or you just plain and simply like Apple products... Apple products win. The numbers show that. Hell.. I'd love to see a Name Brand vs Normal Brand study done, with Apple placed in the name brand group, and PC in the reg group.. I bet the numbers would be scarily close to other products. But thats just my opinion.
[citation][nom]whysobluepandabear[/nom]Um, yeah actually. Some girl sits there and tells you about how intelligent she thinks she is with technology. You discover she uses IE and hasn't tried anything else. BAM, you now know she's not technically lying, but is under the impression/illusion that she is somehow smart, when in realty she is a dingbat. This can be used with any person, regardless of gender. It's like people who pretend to know a lot about cars, but when you discover they use some off-wall, known junk brand, you really know right then and there it's a person who doesn't know what they're talking about.[/citation]
Or perhaps she is smart (compared to the average) and you are just actually alot smarter than her? I mean.. Einstein was a fuckin' brilliant man.. but would that give him the right to walk around and think everyone else was a bunch of dipshits? No. Because Einstein had class. You, and your example, does not. Try rating people on who they are, not who you are. While I secretly love/hate battling you in Apple/PC articles(;P), your stance with this example honestly offended me here.
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[citation][nom]Humans think[/nom]I just can' t handle the level of smattering in the posts.1) The original idea of IQ test does not include motor skills, if u found an IQ test that includes a motor skills or reflexes then it is not a strictly IQ test but a more general neurodevelopmental test2) Speed does matter in some IQ test designs (actually several), it becomes less relevant in very high IQ test settings3) The ideal IQ test should correlate poorly with education. After all being smart and being cultivated is related but: There are smart people with high IQs and poor education (look at the drug lords in the movies), and being educated is the perfect veil for some idiots to obscure their lack of brain function. For this reason verbal tests (correlate high with education) become more scarce in IQ tests. And NO u cannot google the questions in a PROPER IQ test.4) For some people saying that an IQ test is not possible over the Internet that is false. A proper IQ test can be performed that gives a good estimate, in a large sample +-10 is an affordable error5) Some people made some very good points that show high IQ. For example they deducted from the data that Apple users have in average higher IQ (based on Camino and Safari) - an observation not mentioned in the discription, and also provided u with a very plausible explanation: smarter -> better job -> can afford Apple -> amaze chicks/guys. Another guy said also sth smart: high IQ -> gets bored easily -> trys new things. Another guy also said high IQ -> optimizes browser preference based on task.For those who say that this study is invalid are probably wrong. For those that feel imbeciles having a PC and using IE bear in mind that u may have a high IQ but u are swimming in a pool of idiots. For those smirking for using Camino or Opera or have a Mac, bear in mind that u might be an idiot swimming in a pool of smart people. Finally this is an observational correlation study. It doesn't explain why, it just gives u the data, the interpretation is in the eye of the beholder.Thank u for your patience and time.[/citation]
Spot on, I think.
Thanks for the input.
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