krazyderek
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I use my macbook pro running windows XP at work so i can run CAD, which by the way is a short comming of autodesk, (they make autocad) not apple. Mircosoft encourages companies to create software that is now so intertwined with .net framework that it can't be ported out to any other operating environment. That's the monopoly Microsoft is trying to create and that's bad people. Wake up.
Mac's give you the whole thing, not just the operating system (pick any one of 6/7) and hope it works on your system (drivers).
Yes the upgrade options are overpriced, but if you're reading this, why are you complaining, you know enough to do it yourself, so go do it.
Find another aluminum notebook at those prices that doesn't feel like a briefcase. I accidentally dropped my macbook pro 6 feet and the only thing that broke was the $300 (oem price) screen i replaced myself. The aluminum case took the rest of the blow and protected my logic board etc. Try that with your alienware notebook and let me know how it goes.
My mac was over 2 grand, but it's a year and a half old, it's only in the last 4 months i've seen mainstream laptops starting to offer the same parts. Computer parts always cost more when they first come out, point and case, core i7 940 and 965, DDR3, the latest graphics card bla bla bla.
When i'm home i run Mac OS cause it's easier to use, one motion on the touch pad zooms into anything to make it easier to see or read (this is everywhere, not just in an internet browser like crtl scroll wheel), another gesture shows me all my windows spread out over the screen, command Q for quitting, and command W closes a window, for my hands those are much easier to reach then alt F4, and... well there is no close window shortcut in windows that works universally. Mac's also have lots of candy that's just nice. I plug in a monitor and it automatically detects, sizes, and remembers the last way i had it set (clone / extend). I think vista finally offers this with a bit less speed and finesse from the laptops (2) i've seen with it running. OSX is vista / windows 7 without all the driver bugs and then sum in terms of every day useability. Then there's the educational discounts for students and teachers anywhere in north america. And the Unix engine that's apparently good for all kinds of dirty work, my friend works in a laboratory and love's having a decent operating system that he can use along with a unix back end.
Mac's give you the whole thing, not just the operating system (pick any one of 6/7) and hope it works on your system (drivers).
Yes the upgrade options are overpriced, but if you're reading this, why are you complaining, you know enough to do it yourself, so go do it.
Find another aluminum notebook at those prices that doesn't feel like a briefcase. I accidentally dropped my macbook pro 6 feet and the only thing that broke was the $300 (oem price) screen i replaced myself. The aluminum case took the rest of the blow and protected my logic board etc. Try that with your alienware notebook and let me know how it goes.
My mac was over 2 grand, but it's a year and a half old, it's only in the last 4 months i've seen mainstream laptops starting to offer the same parts. Computer parts always cost more when they first come out, point and case, core i7 940 and 965, DDR3, the latest graphics card bla bla bla.
When i'm home i run Mac OS cause it's easier to use, one motion on the touch pad zooms into anything to make it easier to see or read (this is everywhere, not just in an internet browser like crtl scroll wheel), another gesture shows me all my windows spread out over the screen, command Q for quitting, and command W closes a window, for my hands those are much easier to reach then alt F4, and... well there is no close window shortcut in windows that works universally. Mac's also have lots of candy that's just nice. I plug in a monitor and it automatically detects, sizes, and remembers the last way i had it set (clone / extend). I think vista finally offers this with a bit less speed and finesse from the laptops (2) i've seen with it running. OSX is vista / windows 7 without all the driver bugs and then sum in terms of every day useability. Then there's the educational discounts for students and teachers anywhere in north america. And the Unix engine that's apparently good for all kinds of dirty work, my friend works in a laboratory and love's having a decent operating system that he can use along with a unix back end.