Mac's are expensive because Apple has a hell of a marketing monster on their hands. They get premium dollar for most all of their products because of the asthetic qualities. Every damn piece of hardware and software they put out, is simply put, "beautiful."

It's all great quality, too, to top it off.

That being said, I've never owned anything made by them

A 20" Cinema Display would be nice

 

and my OS is currently a million times better than what yours will be at the very end of 2006 when Longhorn comes out!

 

yeah im in the same boat. Im a computer graphics student and i would like to get a Mac. i priced out a G5 and it was around 4300$. for now im going to stick with my dell laptop and photoshop i have on it.

 

I've never owned a PC -- have grown up using Apple and I know they are freaking expensive. They're not too bad if you can get them used though. I remember 2 years ago I bought a 14" ibook for $3,000. When a couple friends found out they freaked -- I suppose that amount of $$ could get a pretty good PC.

Apple is hardware exclusive -- you can't go to a computer shop and put in 3rd party parts (other than a video card or extra hardrive) or build your own apple computer from scratch. They purposely have less stock than there is demand to create a want for a product.

I bought a 2.0 G5 2 months ago with a 23" monitor and that cost me about $6,500 (canadian) after taxes.. Eeek. I think they're a good investment though and like it was stated above -- are extremely aesthetic.

 

os x 10.3 may be neat and pretty looking. but the support for software on non industrial usage blows.

 

what do you have that I don't have an alternative to besides games? (and some architectual stuff)

 

a right button for the mouse

and yes that right click is very important. everything done with a right click saves tons of times

 

what is that??
oh, a right button!

 

bah. why dont u stick to mac mouse. why use a pc mouse... hehehe jk. how does the right click work on mac?


i work with os 10.3 everyday and i hate it. but whatever pays the bills ill have to deal with.

 

Mac's are expensive because it's brand name warrants the price. Why do you pay what you pay for an authentic Luis Vuitton bag (if you are a women). Why do you pay what you pay for a Ferrari or Bentley?