I know this article is about phones but.... someone gifted me a 13" Macbook Pro last year. I always heard they were overpriced and so wouldn't even consider buying one. Started farting around with the gift and, somewhat shocking to me, really liked it. First thing I did was throw my Windows 7 on it using the Boot Camp that comes with it. Bizarre - this little beast of a machine was a treat to use Windows 7 on - runs it FAST and flawlessly. Eventually I dipped into the Apple OS to see if there was anything there. Shock #3, once I'd spent a bit of time looking under the hood and learning my way around I realized that this OS was pretty darn good and much deeper than I had been lead to believe. I can't believe it but I now spend more time in the Apple OS than Windows. An I actually enjoy using the damn thing. Plus TONS of battery life, it's light, and it feels like it could really take a beating.
Truth is, even though I got this one for nothing, I think it more than worth the extra couple a hundred bucks. Even if you can find a similarly featured Windows laptop to compare it to, once I spend half a day to remove all the crapware from it, then spend a few hundred bucks to take another bunch of hours to upgrade it to Ultimate, I'm pretty much already behind the dollar-ball. And then I'm stuck with a laptop that I'd be lucky to get half 1/3 of the battery life out of, 1/2 the support, 1/2 the time until rendered obsolete, 2/3 the build quality, and as it turns out, 1/2 the day to day pleasure of using a well built machine.
I know Apple as a company has some ego issues but I'm very much beginning to believe that if there is a distortion field, it's most likely being funded by Microsoft. Just like they fund the anti-google group.
The more I think about it, the more I think I've been had with all the money and plenty of hassle in return I've gotten for being a Microsoft customer. The way they copy protect everything makes ME feel like the criminal even though I've paid through the teeth!
The guest? commenter is really out there but a few of his points hit a little too close to home.
Truth is, even though I got this one for nothing, I think it more than worth the extra couple a hundred bucks. Even if you can find a similarly featured Windows laptop to compare it to, once I spend half a day to remove all the crapware from it, then spend a few hundred bucks to take another bunch of hours to upgrade it to Ultimate, I'm pretty much already behind the dollar-ball. And then I'm stuck with a laptop that I'd be lucky to get half 1/3 of the battery life out of, 1/2 the support, 1/2 the time until rendered obsolete, 2/3 the build quality, and as it turns out, 1/2 the day to day pleasure of using a well built machine.
I know Apple as a company has some ego issues but I'm very much beginning to believe that if there is a distortion field, it's most likely being funded by Microsoft. Just like they fund the anti-google group.
The more I think about it, the more I think I've been had with all the money and plenty of hassle in return I've gotten for being a Microsoft customer. The way they copy protect everything makes ME feel like the criminal even though I've paid through the teeth!
The guest? commenter is really out there but a few of his points hit a little too close to home.
