On 07/10/2011 20:05, peet vanpeebles wrote:
To be fair Apple products have a had a checkered reliability as well. I've fixed a number of ibooks. Not mention the faults with older ipods or phones with no signal. Or the top of range liquid cooled G5s that were prone to leaking. Ebay is awash with spares or repair Apple equipment. Sir Clive made some shonky stuff in his time but never charged 1000s. If you pay a few thousand for a computer I'd expect more than a 1 year warranty.
Again, to be fair, this is the same with *ALL* manufacturer's kit at the moment. The same factories in China that make Apples make Dells and HPs etc.
Having said that, and dealing day-to-day with a large number of people with a large number of types and manufacture of machines, the Apple machines, like for like, are about the same price as an equivalent corporate Dell and are, in general, better put together and reliable. They all fail but on the whole the Apples are slightly better. They're also (mostly) a darn sight easier to repair and get parts for as the models don't change as often as their PC counterparts.
They are nice to use and I own a few myself but I think it's more about the branding, image and selling a lifestyle.
Actually, there's some of that but they just don't play in the bargain basement, where ASUS, Acer etc. fail to make money.
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