[b]MacBook Pro vs. the PC competition
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I know which computer won. Do you?
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price was the deciding factor, and apple will always loose there, they do not sell nearly as many computers as other PC makers and therefore make sure that they have high profit margins. OF course they do try to make it worth what you pay
Apple, on the other hand, includes more than your standard package of software with the MacBook Pro.
Apple throws in some great multimedia and productivity software in the form of the iLife '06 software suite, which has applications for burning discs as well as mixing music, editing movies and photos, and building Web pages. In addition, you get Front Row media center software that lets you browse videos, music tracks, DVDs, and photos from one program. Finally, there's QuickBooks accounting software and the OmniOutliner organizer app. In other words, the MacBook Pro has pretty much every piece of software you'll need right out of the box.Perhaps, if Apple did not include so much extra software, which the customer is paying for, the price could be lower and the customer would be allowed to buy (or obtain free) the software they would rather have.
Whilst I don’t know what software is bundled with a macbook, but I suspect that it is enough to do basic tasks, etc.
If they weren’t bundled the user would have to find and possibly purchase them, which may cost more when purchased separately to the bundling with the macbook ?
The price of Mac software is also a factor, usually more expensive and until the recent move to Intel chips and the ability to run windows on a Mac all that windows software that you invested in was redundant, making the switch to a Mac even more expensive. Now with the possibility of still being able to use that windows software on your Mac it wouldn’t be so expensive to make the switch.
Previously I wouldn’t have even considered a Mac because of the additional software expense of having to purchase Mac compatible programs. Now I would consider it, but the hardware is still too expensive. I can build my own custom system for considerably less than a Mac and I can also upgrade it without proprietary components.
david you can dual boot windows on your mac if you have wndows programs you dont want to buy for the mac.
Also what componets are you talking about? HDD, RAM, Optical Drives all the same that PCs use. even the Processor is now Intel the same as most PCs
Charley, if Apple did not bundle iLife with the mac (and if you buy a consumer machine like the iBook they bundle the World Book encyclopedia and Quicken) the price may be about $150 lowe on the consumer machines you will still be able to build a PC cheaper. the bundled software is to help ease the pain of the high cost.
david you can dual boot windows on your mac if you have windows programs you dont want to buy for the mac.That is what I said though I couldn't remember the new Mac name for this new functionality.
Now with the possibility of still being able to use that windows software on your Mac it wouldn't be so expensive to make the switch.
Also what componets are you talking about? HDD, RAM, Optical Drives all the same that PCs use. even the Processor is now Intel the same as most PCsI thought that updating components invalidated your warranty, so that is a mistake on my part.
the dual boot program is called Boot Camp
if you own a PowerMac you can add RAM, HDD, change the optical drive, upgrade the video card, add any PCIe card all without voiding the warrenty and its a breeze they have lots of space these things can hold up to 16GB of RAM too (8 x 2GB modules)
iMac you can change the RAM optical drive and HDD (Radeon x1600 is soldered to the main board either 128 or 256MB of VRAM also not upgradeable) although its a pain to open the case (I know I help out the Mac genius at our store with them)
Mac mini (PowerPC) and laptops you can only upgrade the RAM
Mac Mini (Intel) Nothing Can be user installed as the RAM is SO-DIMM and is underneath the HDD
Also on the Mac Mini(Intel) and iMac(Intel) the Processor is in a Socket and not soldered to the motherboard so you can upgrade it but it WILL void your warrenty
Mac is … joke … seriously show me one real reason to buy MAC and sell it to customers ?
design? lol i can get better designs for everything for cases or monitors over notebooks to rest mobile devices …
speed? i can always get better hardware than MAC have inside …
price? MAC is always more expensive …
additional value? i can get always more bonus hw/sw and better quality than MAC offers …
brand? who cares about MAC …
that’s just my honest opinion ;D
dwarden reason well Security small marketshare - fewer viruses
otherwise:
Price? your are correct it is more expensive.
Speed? apple uses the latest chips from IBM, Freescale and Intel you can find or build a PC with the same performace with less money but you will not find one with a major speed advantage (especially the Dual-Dual core Power Macs) unless it is an AMD system but that is AMD vs Intel
additional value? well iLife is good but say if you are a graphic deigner it does nothing for you so it depends an what you use your computer for.
Brand? you can say that about any PC brand
design… everyone has a diffrent opinion an what is a good design so I generally leave this out as it differs from person to person