Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
Try saying that about Vista.
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I'm not going to try and say that about Vista, because: 1. I don't want to use Vista. 2. I don't need to use Vista and 3. Vista really does suck and makes me want to kill small children.
However, I will say it about Linux. Because, frankly, most Linux builds run better in every new edition and are constantly being refined by a huge number of people. Similarly, they scale very well to different hardware.
There you go again, ignoring Linux.
Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
The components I selected (which, by the way, were the lowest-priced components that I could find while still being of equal value) ended up totaling within $100 of the price of an equally equipped Mac. Maybe they used to be overpriced, but I would say they're a lot closer to fair pricing now.
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Out of curiosity, did you include the monitor and power supply in that price? If you did, subtract them. You could probably subtract the motherboard, too.
Don't forget that in the case of RAM or GPUs, in my PC I can just add more to the extent with which my PCI slots/Memory slots can fill. I don't have to buy brand new ones to upgrade, just add it on to my previously existing hardware. That means I can add another 7600GT, and through SLI I've just doubled my graphics output power for a fraction of the price a new card costs. So yeah, you can subtract at least 1.5gb of RAM and half the price of the GPU.
I'll give you the fact that the initial costs may be potentially similar, but over time the ability to upgrade your computer is a very useful and money-saving one.
Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
In response to the freedom issue, again, as I said above, there's less of a need to upgrade your hardware in the first place.
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No less of a reason than there is to upgrade a PC. If something needs more computing power, there's very little you can do to make it run optimally on a slower than recommended machine. This goes particularly for games, which is why I don't think Macs will ever become a real gaming platform.
Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
...there has not been a single program I've wanted to run on it that has not been able to run just fine (and performed well too).
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Try the Crysis demo
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Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
A nine-year-old computer is still usable here... something almost no PC user can say.
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I can't think of any reason why I'd
want to use a 9-year-old computer, though, except as a server, which means all it's going to do is sit there pushing data.
Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
Haha, this one's easy -- that's because they suck!
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Except for the whole
run's every program anyone could ever want and
plays games parts.
Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
"Slobbering" and "bullshit" indeed...
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Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
Oh, I think I'm finally starting to get it. RV defines "bullshit" as "making a superior product and then demonstrating its benefits to uneducated people who are unable to cope with their own shortcomings as a result."
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Actually, for future reference, I define bullshit as 'parroting everything a corporation, religious or political organization's marketing/PR department says'. Nice guess though, you can have a star.
Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
...and likely have more computer experience under my belt from the last seven years than you've accumulated in your entire life.
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Considering I've been using computers since I was 5 years old, I think the margin between us isn't going to be as wide as you'd like to think it should be.
I like it when people get personal during internet arguments, though. It demonstrates they're either; a. running out of ammo or b. outright losing. It's a pity, really. The first half of your post was almost civil.