PC's Or Mac's Poll

[Crazymik3]

andrew. @ Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:57 pm wrote:

You can run Windows on a Mac you know. So Macs get all the PC games too.

Why run Windows on something so expensive, when you can run it on something so much cheaper?

[Insectoid]

Because then you get appley goodness with it.

[Tony]

Crazymik3 @ Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:01 pm wrote:

Why run Windows on something so expensive, when you can run it on something so much cheaper?

Because you are not going to.

Sure, apparently Wallmart sells computers now too. You are not going to want that though. You'd want a $2000 Alienware desktop-in-laptop's-body rig that is twice as expensive as a $999 MacBook!. Holly Shit! (And I'm not even mentioning $3000 VAIO laptops... oh... there they are.)

Macs run Windows because their hardware can. You wouldn't really want to, because you can run anything else, but just in case you are hesitant to take the plunge into the environment that you haven't really tried before, there's this digital version of a kiddy pool for you. It's a great selling point, really.

There are also... uhhh... games.

[wtd]

People buy Macs not for the hardware. The hardware is nice, but a few other companies make nice hardware too.

Nor do they buy Macs solely for the software. It's not for the faint of heart, nor is it particularly ethical, but you can run Mac OS X on other PC (Personal Computers).

They buy Macs because of the combination of great software and desirable hardware. Even at its low point in recent history (white MacBook) Mac hardware has been leaps and bounds above its competitors, and even early versions of Mac OS X are heavy on features and stability compared to even recent versions of Windows. Put these two together and you have a combination that Apple *can* convince people to pay for.