Google Leaks Info About New iMacs, MacBook

[Guest]

Macs are for dummies. Power users use Windows. Tech savvy people use Linux. Of course higher income people have Macs because they can actually afford them, but that doesn't make them better. Which could also influence your Consumer Reports theory since they only survey people who buy Consumer Reports which is flawed research in itself. Macs continue to have minimal market share and it's actually been decreasing over the past year in the computer world. Of course having a lot of money, you'll buy more consumer electronics because you can afford them. It doesn't mean that you know how to use them fully otherwise you probably wouldn't be buying so much random crap. Who needs 4 iPods anyways. It's just the rich blowing money on random stuff because they can. And according to the latest data, ASUS is the leading computer maker in Customer Service, not Apple. I personally use Windows and Linux on my PC and set up a linux server in my house. My wife uses a Macbook Pro. We've had to service the Macbook 4 times in 3 years and had the whole thing rebuild internally of course a month after the extended warranty ended. My PC's have never failed me Windows or Linux based over the past 4 years and if I need to repair it, I could do it myself and for a lot less money.

 

[lifelesspoet]

[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]No. Apple pricing is weird. If it cost $499 in the US then it will also be $499 Eu...which is the equivalent of $723 US.[/citation]
Thats not apple, thats mainly the EU. I believe the EU has a value added tax at 17%, which is a maJor source of income. That tax is included in the price unlike sales tax is here. It seems very unfair to the average european, the truth is that while it cost more over their, its still within reason.

 

[nekatreven]

[citation][nom]Yoder54[/nom]Surveys look at the norm...there are always outliers. If Mac's are just low performing pieces of art, then why do they consistently blow away the competition in Consumer Reports?[/citation]

Your comments are almost comical.

You talk about outliers and yet you fail to recognize that Mac computers historically account for less than 10 percent of the U.S. market and less than 5 percent of the world market. (http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/mac-market-share.ars, half way down the page) That makes this entire study you reference a study on outliers! A group that is the minority (rich people) of minorities (Mac owners)is not going to be the leading indicator of anything! I mean I'd just love to see how that math works.

Besides that, you've made no mention of the distribution of PC vs Mac sales within various income ranges. I mean are you really suggesting to us that the 36% of Mac owners that make greater than $100k represent the majority of people in that income bracket? HA! Again, 36% of 10% is not a majority.

All you've really done is posted some facts about the 36% of the 10% of people that are both rich AND stupid enough to get ripped off by purchasing Apple hardware.

 

[hallic7]

I agree as well with nekatreven...

Smells like apple fanboy spirit!!! No point in trying to convince this guys XD !!!!

 

[SneakySnake]

A trackpad isn't more ergonomic cuz it has 2 physical buttons. The multitouch MBP's are 1 finger tap for reg click, 2 for right, 2 finger swipe to scroll up/down a page. 3 finger swipe left/right to go backward/forward in safari. etc.

I'd much rather have that trackpad

 

[fooldog01]

You can argue about reliability and cost all day long but for me, the bottom line is that I wont buy anything from apple on the principal of the way they run the company. Theyve somehow brainwashed people into thinking its somehow trendy and hip to overpay for a product only to be told you can only use it in ways the "mothership" deems fit. When I buy something I want to actually own it with no strings attached. Screw Apple.

 

[cabose369]

see what I find funny is that they say the new Imac is thinner than ever and yet the current ones heat up like a bitch! They run very hot! I can't imagine how hot these new Imac's will run. Maybe Apple will have a new grenade to add to their arsenal!!

 

[wildwell]

Apple charges a premium on top of the hardware cost because they can. You pay for the computer hardware, industrial design, and the OS. PC makers all have to compete with each other where Apple has a monopoly on computers that run OSX. People that use Macs like the OSX environment and/or the industrial design of the computer. The quality is the same as most PCs; they're assembled in China from the same parts.

Most this debate is emotionally driven and has no real merit.
-ie. "Stupid enough to get ripped off by purchasing Apple hardware."