The Inquirer has an interesting argument to make:
Apple, the long forgotten subject of this article, is different. It doesn’t compete against anything at all. The industrial design focus group is one turtleneck wielding man, not a watered down group of suburban housewives who fit into income category 12A, or teens in the hip-hop demographic. Nope, Apple needs to please one person.
Very true, in my opinion – and speaking from personal experience – the reason why I stay away from any PC company. If I want a Windows/Linux box, I go out, buy the components and build it myself.
Probably 70% of the market believes that all that matters in a CPU is speed; 85% of the market cares more about price than a good sound card; 90% don’t know how much of a difference a good power supply can make and 99% probably don’t know that hard disks come with different cache sizes. But I do. Which is why buying a PC is never easy as Dell.
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Much wisdom you show Master Jedi. It is rare in one so young.
Now, if only your padawans listened to you…..
Hmmmmm…. I dont mind the whole buying-components-and-building-it-yourself, as long as someone else does it for me ;)
Hey Anshul… You thinking of getting one of those *sweet* Mac book Pros ? Am thinkin’ of buyin’ one for myself in abt 3 months – am super impressed with my Powerbook G4 so thought I’d get the best there is yet! ….hence this decision…
…And did you go for Macworld (specifically Steve’s speech)… we guys saw it live – damn the guy’s probably the world’s best marketeer!!!
i’m in Cupertino CA now… let’s try and meet up sometime…
- Arun
Arun:
Can’t afford another laptop for at least another year man… though I’d love to give the MB Pro a spin!
I’m back in Mumbai for a vacation and then will be back in singapore in the third week of Jan – if you come down anytime lets meet up for sure!
PCs are SO much better than Macs!!!
Macs aren’t compatible with most software, and they care more about looks than
the actual programs themselves!!!
Unhappy Mac
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