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Pastiche · 07-23-2009, 12:27 PM

I've had wireless cards die, logic boards needing to be completely replaced, batteries dying all the standard stuff that most laptop users go through.

So I'm certainly not getting any better quality.

There is an argument that OSX is a better OS but the differences are pretty trivial from how I use an OS. What I lack in neat features and useless eye-candy I gain with the fact that the user-base of Windows is huge, that there are countless more programs and apps and countless more support for those apps. That makes me able to find software packages that fit my needs and how I want to use my computer not being forced to use software that makes me use a computer in a way that the developer wants because there's no other competing apps. I highly dislike that about the OSX environment and it makes using Windows much easier and enjoyable.

So basically, in my opinion, you're paying an extra 20-30% for a nice looking tool. If that's how you want to spend your money, by all means.

07-23-2009, 12:27 PM	#77
Pastiche Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Enil Angus Exp:	I've had wireless cards die, logic boards needing to be completely replaced, batteries dying all the standard stuff that most laptop users go through. So I'm certainly not getting any better quality. There is an argument that OSX is a better OS but the differences are pretty trivial from how I use an OS. What I lack in neat features and useless eye-candy I gain with the fact that the user-base of Windows is huge, that there are countless more programs and apps and countless more support for those apps. That makes me able to find software packages that fit my needs and how I want to use my computer not being forced to use software that makes me use a computer in a way that the developer wants because there's no other competing apps. I highly dislike that about the OSX environment and it makes using Windows much easier and enjoyable. So basically, in my opinion, you're paying an extra 20-30% for a nice looking tool. If that's how you want to spend your money, by all means.