Hi Dallis, By premium hardware I should say more reliable hardware. I know people who own Mac's who have less down time, less hardware issues, and more stability than your average Windows e-machine. Yes, I know a Windows user can get a killer machine for far less than the Mac, but I also know that those Windows machines often are built with cheap generic parts which are known to fail within the first couple of years of ownership.
As I just mentioned in my prior e-mail my Compaq Presario, which was purchased for less than $500, has had nothing but hardware issues one after another. I have a Toshiba C600 which I have owned for two years and it has already had to be serviced once in the first two years of ownership. Yeah, they are cheap computers, are nice budget machines, but they also don't have quality hardware. Now, I know someone who has had a Mac from about 2008 or so and it has no hardware issues at all. It is used in an office environment, meaning it gets heavy use, and it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. So why the hardware might not be as good as that on a Windows machine on the face of it does seem to be more reliable and better quality. So I do think we disagree on weather or not Apple can claim premium hardware, but I do agree regardless the cost is something that is not for everyone. Most people won't pay it, don't have it to pay, and as long as Apple's pricing remain up their in the stratosphere they are going to play second fiddle to Windows PCs. Cheers! On 12/14/13, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi. erm, actually, premium hardware? really? .... lol. they give you a > machine that has a dual core, at double the price of a quad core > windows computer. lol. just look at my Toshiba machine I have here. > quad core core i7, 2.4 GHZ, up to 3.4 GHZ turbo boost. 8 GB ram, and a > 1 TB HDD with I think 8 or 16 GB SSD cashing. blue ray drive, TV tuner > card, 4 USB3 ports, HDMI port, audio jacks, and a set of speakers that > shame apple's speakers on almost all but an iMac. and it's still a > laptop. rofl. to get anything even approaching this level, in a mac, > would be around the 2500 to 3000 mark. how much did I pay for this, > running windows 8? .... 1000 bucks. Australian. > so no, premium hardware, is not something you can claim, apple. lol. > the only thing that is premium, is the casing, track pad, and screens. > all else, apple's computers don't come close to windows machines, and > certainly not for the prices they want. and yep, unless they bring the > prices down, even a couple more hundred, they won't start being a main > choice for most buyers when going shopping for a new computer. of > course, as blind users of technology, we are more willing to throw > money at somebody to make life easier for us. but even we have a limit > as to how much we are willing to throw around. specially as now, you > can't claim the hole, a mac is cheaper then a windows machine and > jaws. sure, if you want to use jaws, go ahead. but there are now > extremely good options like NVDA, which now negate those arguments. > the advantages to the mac, however, is the fact that voiceover works > all the way through, even while clean installing. and what's more, is > that apple has one other advantage over a windows computer. lets say > you have a new mac, with no optical disk drive. no USB drive with a > copy of the OS on it, and no way to recover the system. now lets say > something happens to your installation, and it's messed up. you need > to run a recovery, / reinstall it. but how are you going to do this? > ... well, on windows, you must, and I mean, must, have a backup made > of your recovery drive. lets say that something has happened to your > recovery drive! ... most people would say, well, you're going to have > to send it off to have it repaired. now, in the case of a windows > machine, you're probably right. at least, without going and buying a > new copy of windows to install and all that. now, in the mac's case, > ..... > nope. you don't have to. if you boot in to the recovery mode, with, I > think it's command r, while starting the machine up, the firmware on > the computer, can go out, and search apple's server, and download a > copy of the OS that came with your machine, and download it, and > install it fresh, creating a recovery partition in the process! > cool, huh? > but not worth 3 times the cost. lol. > they are cool, and have some kinda cool features, but a lot more needs > to be taken in to count if you are going to buy a mac. for example. > are you going to want to boot camp / VM windows? that's more money > needed to be spent, for a new copy of windows. and it has to be a full > disk, not an upgrade disk. unless it's windows 8, which works a little > different. > ok, anyways, I'm off to blow things up, or shoot them, or do something. > lol. > regards: > Dallas --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
