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Originally Posted by Sly
Your Mac rants read like your Republican rants. Kind of weird.
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Really? Hmmm... thats possible for sure..
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Originally Posted by crockett
You forgot to add that the average Mac cost 2 times as much for the same performance in a PC.
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Maybe.. for sure Macs are more expensive but I think they are worth the price. If I had the choice between a full price Mac and a half-price PC, I would take the full-price mac because I now know that I'll save alot of time on everything involved.
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Originally Posted by crockett
Also no wires? Ok with a Mac and nothing else it has only a few wires, however if you need extra hard drive space you can't add a 2nd hard drive to the iMac you have to connect it externally via wires.
iMac still has a Power cable, USB mouse & keyboard. You also need a cat 5 cable if you hook directly into your router or modem.
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On an iMac you have only a single power cable. The keyboard mouse and optional trackpad have no wires. It uses Wifi to connect to a wireless router. You can buy Apple routers with built-in hard disks (2T, 3T, 4T) which it also communicates with wirelessly.
Now to be fair, while the hard disk can be used for anything it is on the slow side so its best for storage or backups. For a fast hard disk you can use Firewire or Thunderbolt which of course requires a cable. But still.
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Originally Posted by crockett
So a PC can have a internal extra hard drive or two or more.. equals no need to hook up via USB. Meaning the only extra wires a PC really needs in speakers and video.
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You can buy an iMac with a huge hard drive, or you can buy a Mac Pro and install as many hard drives internally as you like. iMacs come with speakers and mic built-in, or you can use Wireless Mic and speakers via built-in bluetooth.
Let's count the wires :
PC:
1 x Microphone Wire
3 x Speaker wires (1 power, 1 Line-Out, plus 1 to second speaker)
2 x Monitor (1 power, 1 for signal)
2 x Second Monitor (1 power, 1 for signal) (optional)
Mac
0 x Mic (Built in, and works surprisingly well for things like skype)
0 x Speakers (Built in). Yes PC's can have built-in speakers too I know but..
0 x Monitor (it's built in)
0 x Second Monitor (Mac's can extend their desktops to another desktop's monitor wirelessly, or any monitor using Apple TV)
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Originally Posted by crockett
Sure a iMac can use blutooth keyboard & mouse,. but do they come with them? Yet a PC can also be equipped to run blutooth..
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Yes! All Apple Imacs come with wireless keyboards and mice.
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Originally Posted by crockett
Also those silent fans in the iMac don't always keep it cool.. Mine use to get extremely hot, to the point I could feel it just siting in front of it.
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Wow that sounds bad. Maybe something was wrong? I found that the vent on the bottom of my imac would get dirty so I got into the habit of cleaning that area about once a month or so once I noticed that the top felt pretty warm at times. Now it's still warm but not hot.
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Originally Posted by crockett
To top it all off, I don't have to hand over my credit card info to Microsoft just to download a patch.
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Well, ok, but you still had to pay for the OS, and you had to register to activate it.. unless its registered you can't update it... and actually you still have to give your credit card to Microsoft if the version of Windows you purchased is the OEM version instead of the full retail version.... so I'd say at least on this point its a wash.