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Limp Gawd
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Why? No, seriously why? If I wanted a Macbook I'd get a Macbook. Does anyone really want a PC laptop that looks like a Macbook? I know I don't. They wind up looking like cheap knock-offs.
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Because Apple makes a lot of money on their designs. The other manufacturers think by copying design elements, they'll also sell more laptops.
Because Apple makes a lot of money on their designs. The other manufacturers think by copying design elements, they'll also sell more laptops.
Because Macbooks look good?
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They're also a lot more durable in most cases. I'm glad that laptop manufacturers are starting to use premium materials in laptops. Machined aluminum and carbon fiber feels much nicer (and more rigid) than cheap molded plastic.
I like the simple rugged look of a Thinkpad. Apple laptops are too fem, IMO. I didn't realize anyone outside the "Starbucks crowd" liked them. But, the PC laptops just look like cheap knock-offs, I'm not really talking about the MacBooks themselves. I have no idea how people tolerate using Apples OS, much less all the restrictions placed on the user as well the fact that Apple forces you to update hardware to get the latest software.
Anyway, I was just on newegg and the laptop (Gigabyte something or other) I wanted looked just like a Macbook, so I'm not going to get it.
I like the simple rugged look of a Thinkpad. Apple laptops are too fem, IMO.
Anyway, I was just on newegg and the laptop (Gigabyte something or other) I wanted looked just like a Macbook, so I'm not going to get it.
Meanwhile in the Microsoft camp...
Oh please, not this PC bs here. I didn't say female, much less female being bad. I said "fem." As in, short for effeminate. Use a dictionary if you can't see what I'm saying."Too fem?" Apart from that being sexist (female = bad),
that does't even make sense when you try to apply gender stereotypes
They're all colored a neutral silver and have function-driven bodies. If you could assign gender to computers, MacBooks would be androgynous.
Also, speaking of stereotypes, it sounds like you've purposefully sheltered yourself from the real Mac experience and have only preconceptions to go on. You do know that OS X is based on FreeBSD and has a Unix command-line terminal, right? That you're allowed to install any software you want? That the latest version of OS X supports Macs going as far back as 2007?
While I'm generally fine with Windows, there's also a certain irony to talking about 'forced' upgrades when Windows 8 is designed primarily for touchscreens... and most people would have to buy a new PC to get one.
Well, yea, that's my point.
Because as far as notebooks go Apple has the most appealing design, best touch pad, and one of the best screens on the market.
I hated Apple until I actually used one of their notebooks for longer than 5 minutes.
Most Apple haters are just ignorants. I wouldn't even dream using a Windows laptop anymore. OSX and Linux FTW!
Apple laptops are too fem, IMO.
The internals is well put together also. I enjoy upgrading or fixing them. They are put together well and nothing seems cheap or badly designed. Most other laptops I open look a cluttered mess and cheap plastic parts.
Simply put, it is easier to copy others success, than to make your own.
It looks snazzy. So, they copy it.
Oh please, not this PC bs here. I didn't say female, much less female being bad. I said "fem." As in, short for effeminate. Use a dictionary if you can't see what I'm saying.
It's not a "gender" stereotype. Humans do not have genders. We have a sex which we are born with. Words have gender. As in, amiga/amigo.
Nah... it's fem. Apples markets their products to less than tech savvy people. Women tend to be less tech savvy (and shopping happy, which is good for Apple revs) because their brains are constructed differently. I can see why it works for them, but it doesn't work for me. I have no problems with Apple and Macs, I just choose to use other products because I like them better.