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Originally Posted by AdultKing
I've ordered one. It's a no brainer really.
To all you Apple haters. The next Apple OS is going to be $20. How much is the best version of Windows ?
I use Apple products because they are better than anything else on the market and I want the best.
OS X is based on Unix (BSD). I not only have the most intuitive GUI there is but I can open a terminal window and have the full power of Bash and Unix at my finger tips. I don't need extra programs to do something as basic as be able to ssh into a server.
Windows sucks. It's a lousy product and I have no understanding why people persist with it. Windows conforms to almost no commonly accepted computing standard, it does things it's way which is stupid because as a user, I want to do things my way.
If you use Windows because it's better for you fine, but don't hate Apple out of misunderstanding, it makes you look ignorant.
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Speaking of ignorant... the only thing "better" that you are paying for is the software. Apple uses the same hardware as everyone else. It never ceases to amaze me that people who stand behind apple as the 'superior' product do not realize this simple fact.
And yes, I agree, OS X is by far better than windows. But that's where Apple superiority ends. And the reason an upgrade to the next version is only $20 is because 1. it's only available for mac and 2. they already raped your face on the cost of the hardware.
I mean, seriously...
$250 upgrade cost for 0.1Ghz more processor speed
$200 for 8GB more RAM
$500 for an additional 256GB of flash storage - mind you, flash storage != ssd
And those prices are in addition to the already insane price of $2,799
Hate to break it to you guy but Apple laughs it's way to the bank every time someone buys one of their products because at the end of the day, you're using nothing but a PC with a Mac label on it.
I mean, why do you think it's so easy to run OS X - with unmodified kernels these days - on more modern PCs? Here's a hint: because they use the same hardware.
Now, as stated above, I think OS X is far and away better than windows, so I'll give you that. I personally run linux anyway because I'm not so great at fixing dsdt's in order to have my machine run OS X as best it can - ran in to higher than average cpu temps - but if ever comes the day when Apple officially endorses OS X on PC's then I think windows will be short of doomed. Then again, they'd just charge an insane amount for the windows version, and smarter people would still use the 'hackintosh' methods anyway...