Mac look alike?

[Odd]

Pastor JW wrote:
> On Saturday 28 November 2009 5:54:23 am Odd wrote:
>> Chris Jones wrote:
>>>> Thats a lie.  I can get a machine with just as high quality and
>>>>  power as the mac mini for around $350 to $400 dollars.
>>>> Macbooks are of no more superior quality as a lot of PC based
>>>> laptops. Personally I would prefer a Dell laptop over a Macbook
>>>> any day.
>>> Its not a lie, its my opinion. You may disagree and that is fine.
>>> I wouldn't be so rude to call your opinion a lie so please give
>>> me the same courtesy.
>> Facts disagree with you: 
>> http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/laptop-reliability-survey-asus-and-toshi
>>  ba-win-hp-fails/
>> 
>> There are three companies ahead of Apple.
> 
> Facts never enter in as valid in opinion as they don't matter there.
> Facts on the other hand can make a liar out of the person who
> disagrees with the facts regardless.  Mac is NOT known for its value
> in hardware and is in fact of only average quality but for its
> superior quality in seamless integration of software.

I think Mac is best known for "shiny", but I do agree that Apple
has done a good job in integration. But they do control the entire
ecosystem, from hardware to OS to apps. Yeah, I'm aware that
there is 3rd party apps, but Apple does seem to have the full
stack itself.

> People become willing to pay extra for that in spite of the fact that
> if you work at it, you CAN make Linux do absolutely anything a Mac
> can do.  The problem is not that Linux can't do it but that it is not
> done FOR you in Linux like it is in Mac.  On the other hand, the only
> thing I have seen a windoze machine do very well and often is crash,
> ...people also seem willing to pay extra for THAT ability.  For the
> life of me, I can not understand why!

That's simple. Microsoft has a virtual monopoly. And when buying
a PC, you're almost guaranteed that Windows is the default. People
use what they get. The vast majority doesn't even know there are
alternatives. They may have heard of Mac, or even Linux but most
will go with the safe choice.

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Odd