What does it cost to make a Macbook ?
Discuss.
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Can that Dell machine you saw run Tiger? Just
curious.
Can that Dell machine you saw run Tiger? Just
curious.
Actually, a Dell XPS system would run tiger very
well. all the machine would need is the required
firmware to run the operating system. just look at
that illegal mac clone that looks like a generic PC.
it has a hacked version of Mac OS running on it.
Mleb just summarized everything I was thinking
perfectly. Mind reader? 😮 The mark up for the OS is
what hurts the most. The extra cost to me is paying
for the luxury of getting local tech support
on a pretty version of Linux. And the criticism of MS
makes me laugh. I hate the OS as much as anyone else,
but where is the middle ground? Lower hardware cost
but crappy OS (MS) vs. High hardware cost and stable
OS (Mac). If ethics is the issue why am I being
charged extra for an OS that is stable? Simple. There
are no better alternatives. You have no where better
to go, and you will pay whatever cost they ask you
to. That is what has happened to the OS market. Just
look at the price of the macbook pro lol. It should
come with a bumper sticker that says Apple raped me
and I didnt even get a reach around. Yes I love macs,
I just think its a shame the way they run shop. I bet
the profit margin off apple laptops is ridiculous and
in the small chance that it is low; they are selling
so well it makes up for it. Anyways what I
really want to know is, if macs are running intel
procs, what is missing from a windows PC so that it
can run OS X ? Someone a few posts above me mentioned
firmware. I thought it would be hardware.
Discuss.
Apple apologists will, of course, find all sorts of
reasons why one should be paying a premium over the
competition citing, most often, the OS rather than
the hardware. Fair enough, but the OS (an oversexed
UNIS OS with a pretty GUI) is simply not worth the
near 50% markup as can be seen over some WinOS
machines. Especially when Apple's 'form over
function' ideals means their hardware is often badly
designed and, most recently, trouble-prone.
Find oneself a notebook with a good build reputation
and stick one of the better Linux distros into it and
you've likely got as stable as machine as Apple
produces. At a fraction of the cost. And it'll be
doing the same as a MacBook with Boot Camp....
So why did I buy a MacBook? Well, I figured that when
the MacBook kacks (as it most certainly will) I will
be able to walk 10 minutes to my local Apple Store
and nail somebody's sorry a** to the wall to get it
fixed, rather than call a 1-800 number. But that is
something not everyone can do - and still isn't a
complete justification for the price premium.
What does it cost to make a Macbook ?