See the strange thing is that i've basically grown up using macs because my dad got an apple 2 and has only bought apple computers(cuz that's all he knows) and the whole APPLE IS HIP COOL AND CREATIVE thing is not something I've ever associated with them. And I don't buy that 'apple's crash less' bull because I've seen
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more than I have cared to
sure their less prone to the kinds of problems windows users might be used to but they're a computer and have problems.
Yeah that's panic mode. I worked for Apple's call centre and supported all of their notebooks. From my experience, macbooks in particular have some really fucked up issues. Macbook Pro is a really well designed product and you'll probably have less problems with it in the long run. Macbook Air is alright and if you purchase the solid state hard drive you'll have the notebook for years (it's physically frail so watch out).
Macbook though, guys almost all my calls were about macbooks and previous generation notebooks like the Powerbook G4 or Ibook. I think the most critical issue with these notebooks in particular is hard-drive failures. Honest to god, your hard-drive can completely die almost instantaneously, without out warning, and almost at ANYTIME (doesn't matter when you purchased it). They're a lot of issues with this series and I think they just install shitty hard disks. It's also really popular so the volume of calls related to this Macbook series is expected. Under the Apple Protection Plan, you're computer is covered for 3 years with phone support. This Apple Protection Plan (APP) can be purchased within a year after purchase. The shitty thing about APP is that it doesn't cover accidental damage so you're better off buying your warranty somewhere else like Best Buy or Futureshop.
As Dietcoke said, Apple did a lot of leg work to even convince ME that their product is some what useful. Power PC's are now gone and Apple's notebook have intel based chipsets. This basically means that you're computer can run XP and Vista (it's basically a pc now). For those who want to to play PC games on a macbook then you'll basically have to get a good video card and have the dual OS.
Apple's Mac OS platform is very user friendly if you're NEW to computers in general. They also have some really good diagnostic tools that makes it easy to identify issues, much easier then PCs which is a major headache to try and troubleshoot OVER THE PHONE. There's a lot of pros and cons for both PCs and Macs, if I had to choose one though then I would definitely go for a PC or a Mac that has XP or something on it.
Btw, there's a lot less exploits on Apple Notebooks. There's no virus scans or whatever that come pre-installed. So if you're one of those people that turn on their computer only to get massive amount of popups and general PC slowness (Trojan, Ad-ware, Virus fest) then you should probably think about getting an Apple notebook. It takes a bit of knowledge to keep your PCs clean and safe, especially if you do anything more then simple surfering and word processing. I can see why students prefer using Apple notebooks, PCs are basically another language to a lot of people and it's much easier to get Apple products serviced.
As far as sells and GLOBAL DOMINATION BY APPLE, I highly doubt it. I know a lot of people that go into electronic stores and buy whatever they see like HP, Toshiba, Sony notebooks. Most of the cheap notebooks are available too and a lot of people still buy those today such as Toshiba's Tecra series or IBM Thinkpads or whatever.
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