Mac look alike?

Odd iodine at runbox.no
Sat Nov 28 14:08:54 UTC 2009


Chris Jones wrote:
>> What's a "Window computer"? I f you are talking about PCs running 
>> Windows, they are pretty much the same as a Mac, except for the 
>> outrageous price tag. And they run MacOS just fine.
>> 
>> Look here if you don't believe me: http://www.hackintosh.com/
> 
> and are illegal.
> 
> Mac machines are not 'outrageously' price when you do a fair 
> like-for-like comparison to another machine.

Yes they are. I recently compared a Dell laptop to a similarly
specced Dell, and the Mac was twice the price.

> Yes, there are a lot of much cheaper machines around, so if you want 
> cheap, go for them. Apple doesn't do cheap.

That's for sure.

> On the other hand if you pick a windows machine built to the same 
> quality as an Apple,

There is nothing special about the quality of Macs.
They are all made in Taiwan and China, using the
same manufacturers and components as other big
firms like Asus and others.

> the cost different is a lot smaller The apples are probably still a 
> little more, but not by as much as some people seem to think.

Twice the price, sometimes less. But they are far more expensive.

-- 
Odd




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