Comments on: What's wrong with a $399 Mac?

By: Zach, newark, delaware

Zach, newark, delaware — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:01:12 +0000

DEFINE: "apple labeled" ?

you get two, LABELS with MOST apple items, they are "" apple labels"", so in theory not putting thoes stickers, puts you in violation of contract.

NOTE: they do NOT say manufactured or BRANDED, both would imply, factory certification, and owned, or specifically from them.

i find it curious they do not do this when most others will say one other former words.

PUT A APPLE LABEL on it, then you have a apple pc right?

a good lawyer will argue this.

i mean why use "label", not at "for use only on APPLE computers"

By: antieMcDisser, Lawrenceville, GA

antieMcDisser, Lawrenceville, GA — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:20:32 +0000

It was Leonardo DaVinci that stated that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. It is not that mac users are dummies, that is a misnomer. Mac users are people who want to do things with their computers other than figure out how they work.

Are you saying that people who can't wire a house should not be able to use power? Or that those who have no idea how to employ metallurgy to accurately use a shovel? How about those that have no idea what kerning is creating a blog post?

By: macdisser,bronx,N.Y.

macdisser,bronx,N.Y. — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:37:06 +0000

Apple is not Linux or FreeBsd for dummies. Apple is for dummies. Dummies who don't want to think or know anything about their systems and want someone else to think for them. They want someone to tell them what software to use and what hardware to buy. Apple is the Anti-Linux. Linux is about choice apple is corporate control.

By: Ozneb Diaz, Paola, Kansas

Ozneb Diaz, Paola, Kansas — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:48:19 +0000

Brilliant. All the Mac elitists are up in arms. They realize, on a subconscious level, how inflated the prices are, and what Mac really sells, is atmosphere, marketing, and elimination of variables that PC's encounter, via brand competition.

The Leopard comment may be totally false. It would be the only way to claim the company was fraudulent.

People cannot stand to put a lot of stock into something and then have it questioned. They will swear they were right, forever. (see: organized religion) .

By: Dana, Santa Rosa, CA

Dana, Santa Rosa, CA — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:19:48 +0000

Apple actually doesn't make that big a profit off of the hardware, except for the iPods. Its funny, a company that started the PC business now makes more money from selling musical toys instead of computers.

MS got it right, just make the software and let sombody else make the hardware and lo, you are a multi-billion dollar company and your closest potential competetor is making musical toys and has less than 5% market share. Bill Gates must laugh & laugh every time he sees an Apple…

(Untill his Vista pc freezes and has to be rebooted… again & again…and again…)

By: Willo, San Francisco, CA

Willo, San Francisco, CA — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:08:07 +0000

This company is not legit. Recent investigations have shown the people behind this to be disreputable, and the "business address" to be bogus.

By: Ray B. Chicago IL

Ray B. Chicago IL — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:07 +0000

1. Apple is not "Linux for dummies", it's FreeBSD for dummies. Get your OS's right if your going to act superior.

2. FreeBSD DOES NOT and WILL NOT look or act like a Mac without a lot of coding. Linux can't even catch up with Windows in ease of use. How do you expect it to catch a Mac?

3. Linux and FreeBSD are great server and geek (me included) operating systems but I wish people would stop trying to get non-technical people to use it just give them too many problems and then I get a bunch of calls…

By: -hh Denville NJ

-hh Denville NJ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:40:40 +0000

What's wrong with a $15K Porsche?

Just ask Ford to take a Mustang, steal Porsche's software out of their ABS and Stability Control systems and so forth, and slap a new badge on it.

Its one thing for an individual in his basement to "Hot Rod" a system and (cough) "bend" the license agreement. Its another thing if he tries to make a buck by selling them to the public: that's damaging another person's brand.

Besides, its not really a $400 clone, since it doesn't include the OS in that price. By the time you add that in and then go seek out Apple-supported discounts, the price difference is a whopping $18.

-hh

By: Russ, Mesa, AZ

Russ, Mesa, AZ — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:21:35 +0000

http://gizmodo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax

By: macdisser,bronx,new york

macdisser,bronx,new york — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:55:04 +0000

If we are going to bring linux into this discussion please pick a better distribution than Fedora and Ubuntu. Download and install Slackware or Arch and tell both windows and OSX to take to take a flying leap.