By the way. No. I didn't mean that apples will outlast pcs. My dad has a IBM think pad that's 7 years old and he still uses it for his purposes. That thing is built like a panzer tank.
He paid around 2500 or 3000 dollars for it back in the day. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 9, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Thane Sherrington <[email protected]> wrote: > At 08:56 AM 09/12/2011, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote: >> Guys guys. >> >> Let's take a deep breath. > > Sorry, I didn't mean to sound pissed off. I just meant to report my > experience, and since I work on a ton of computers, I get a lot of > experience. I would argue that my experience with three to six computers per > day probably outweighs the "I owned one of X and it was great/horrible" > argument. That's why I recommended Acer. Now if Apple is giving out a new > computer whenever you have a problem with an old one, then I guess you'd be > an idiot not to buy an Apple. But I don't think that's the case, so I don't > recommend Apple. > > >> Guess what laptop we went with again? A brand new MacBook. Same price as we >> paid 5 years ago 999. And better features. I fully expect this laptop to >> last another 5 years. > > Ok, so I have two Acer laptops in my house that are six and five years old. > The five year old one is still in daily use. I have seen a ton of Windows > PCs that were in use eight, nine or ten years after purchase. I don't think > you meant to say that only Apples will last five years, but your comment > sounds like it. > >> The last laptop I owned was an acer. It lasted exactly 366 days. 1 day out >> of warranty when the motherboard power circuitry blew. Cost of replacing the >> main board was equivalent to buying a new laptop. > > Two things: 1)Was it a Travelmate or an Aspire? The Aspires suck, as do all > home-grade PCs. So I don't recommend those. 2)I have had Acer repair PCs > that were just out of warranty several times, so frankly, they should have > repaired yours. I'm going to bet you didn't buy from an Acer dealer, or if > you did, they were incompetent. > > I find it frustrating that since you can buy a cheap piece of shit windows PC > for a quarter the price of an Apple, but since that PC won't last as long as > the more expensive Apple, won't be as nice to use, and the service will be > worse then people say "PCs suck, Apples rock." I have yet to see an Apple > computer that blows away a similarly priced Windows PC purchased from a > reputable dealer. > > (Guess I'm sounding pissed off again, huh?) :) > > T >
