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Originally Posted by vdbucks
Sorry that work consumes your life?
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I'm not sure why you inferred that from the data provided. My time is valuable to me in all regards, whether it be in work or leisure pursuits.
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Funny thing though... you can pay any idiot to build you a computer and install OS X on it for you, yet you are incapable of doing so yourself.
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I build robots, which is one of my hobbies (building computers is NOT, since it's essentially a glorified lego set requiring almost no specific skill-sets and hardly any intellect). I hardly think that it's beyond the scope of my abilities.
I'm not implying that I *would* pay someone to do this for me. If you offered me a PC with Mac OS X on it for $1, or a genuine Mac at the customary Apple price, I am going to choose the one with the warranty and official support included every time. This is just part of how I streamline my life. Chasing down and solving technical problems isn't engaging or challenging to me, so I don't derive enjoyment from it. While I certainly CAN grow my own corn, I'd rather pay a farmer to do it. If you ENJOY growing corn, like you seem to enjoy tinkering with computers, more power to you. I just don't.
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You then say you own a "real mac" but at the end of the day, a "real mac" is nothing more than an overpriced PC that runs OS X operating system.
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... with a warranty and support from Apple, that I don't have to expend any energy maintaining or configuring.
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I built a PC for far less than a "real mac", and it runs OS X 100% perfectly.
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That works for you, and that's great. I don't view $4,000-$6,000 as worth the trade-off of the couple of hours initial build, and continued involvement in a community I have no interest in (Hackintosh). It's just dry and boring to me, sorry.
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As far as time goes, I have the freedom of being able to spend time on things other than work.
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And you choose to spend it on something like this, so that's great. I choose not to; it's not intellectually challenging, it's not stimulating, and it's not fun for me. I've built computers, I've built lots of things, "been there, done that," I don't continue to do it.
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As far as money goes, I saved a solid 50% or more by building my own.
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If that's important to you, then that's fine. I gave Apple my credit card number and didn't look back. I continue to do it every time a revision comes along, for my laptop, my desktop, and my phone. I like having the latest and greatest from the brand I prefer, and I like having genuine products, not knockoffs.