Vision of the future (By Microsoft not raaaid)

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by BaronBonBaron

erm, dude, longevity has little to do with improper handling.. besides fixing an iPhone glass crack is a £10 job that you can do yourself.

Actually Macs are made out of basically the same hardware as PCs. Using components from Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Gigabit, ect. Store bought Macs and PCs are pretty much the same on the inside. The Real difference is the OS, the case, and how it looks on the outside.
Oh, and the price tag.

Example.
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

MacBookPro 15 inch.
2.2GHz Intel Core i7
500GB HDD
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
15.4-inch LED Screen
Price. $1,800


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200355

DELL Alienware M17x R3
2.20GHz Intel Core i7
750GB HDD
AMD Radeon HD 6870M
17.3 Screen
Price. $1,650

See, the PC has equivalent or better hardware for a better price.

you're thinking again as a gamer. Gamers will never love Macs because they're not moddable. I think a lot of people will prefer Macs as soon as game clouding will start to be distributed on a broader scale.

Of course the components are the same, what did you expect, Kryptonite processors? Apple develops their MoBos though, and that makes the difference.

Have a look at the interiors of a macbook air, it's a masterpiece of engineering, plus they offer you product warranties, support and even the possibility to run your beloved Windows if you really want to, all in a package which has specifically developed together with the OS, to ensure performance, safety and longevity.

Our procurement team has listed a looong list of advantages of Macs over PCs, you pay more for it yes, but it will last longer.

[BaronBonBaron]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Of course the components are the same, what did you expect, Kryptonite processors?

No I didn't, I was just showing that a Mac is the same as an equivalent store bought PC, just more expensive.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Apple develops their MoBos though, and that makes the difference.

Really? I guess I never knew that. Although, some PC manufacturers do make their own too, most use other brands like Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI, ect.

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Have a look at the interiors of a macbook air, it's a masterpiece of engineering, plus they offer you product warranties, support and even the possibility to run your beloved Windows if you really want to, all in a package which has specifically developed together with the OS, to ensure performance, safety and longevity.

That is definitely true, but you should understand that a PC has ALL of those to! They can run a different OS besides Windows, they (store bought PC's) have product warrenties, free support, ect. ect. its all the same.
You seem to think that a $1,000 MAC will magically blow a equivalent but less expensive PC away. But thats not true because they are the same thing.

I am NOT saying that Macs are bad or inferior, I'm just showing you that there really isn't ANYTHING unique to them that makes Macs a better...

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Our procurement team has listed a looong list of advantages of Macs over PCs, you pay more for it yes, but it will last longer.

Thats fine with me, really, I don't care if you're team uses Macs and not PCs.




EDIT. Lets get this thread back on topic before it gets locked/deleted.

[triumph1949]

tech moves fast....6 months is a long time in the world of hardware dev...

i have been building my own systems for years....i can upgrade when i choose...

its a freedom....i dont have to buy a pc. just to upgrade...i can run software of my choice.....

i dont have to put up with store pre installed bloat ....but in the end its what you want the machine to do, not the name on the box...

brands are for cattle..triumph

I read a lot of applism and microsoftism here. LOL. I have never imagined that one can make an ideology out of one's preference for a device brand.

I don't have apple stuff (except those that one actually can eat) as they are too expensive, a lot of software is incompatible and I prefer to have a say in how I build my computer and its software components.

But let the people buy Apple product like crazy if they like. Keeps the economy rolling.

@Baron: actually true. I have a five year warranty on my pc. That is more than for my car ...

[BaronBonBaron]

Originally Posted by triumph1949

i dont have to put up with store pre installed bloat ....but in the end its what you want the machine to do, not the name on the box... brands are for cattle..triumph

Agreed. I didn't mean to come across as a Microsoft Fanboi in my earlier posts.

Actually, my first PC (the one I have now) I built myself in early 2010.
I bought the best parts I could afford on my small budget and made my computer the way I wanted, and later when I had more cash, I "upgraded" the GPU to a Radeon HD 5750 lol.
So now I have a decent rig that is customized to do what I want it to do, and that can play most games on medium settings.

I definitely recommend that people build their own computers, Regardless of what brand, OS, ect. they prefer.
That way you can learn a new skill, save money, and make you're computer the way you want to.



About the OP, I think that it is impossible to accurately tell what technology will be like in the future.

Remember, people in the early 20 century thought that people in the 21 first century would have flying cars, jet packs, houses on the moon, ect.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

dude, I work in an office with 2500 employees, most of them work on PCs, and the service ticket list in the IT dept at the moment has an estimated 3 weeks wait. The problem is not the machines only, but the damage users cause to them. In offices where Macs have been introduced the request for assistance has dropped of a shocking 65%! If that isn't enough, then I dunno what you need as further evidence.

It is all relative. I have a friend got a network manager job for a similar sized company. Spent every working hour putting out fires (service tickets). The situation improved when users at desktops were blocked from downloading and installing software or running utilities.

There were so many desktop users, and some were sharp enough to work around the lockouts. The service tickets persisted, but at a much lower level. My friend quit the job and moved onto a better life.

There are some fires you just can't put out.