I've been disabled!

Mythril Gear · 10-03-2001, 04:57 PM

Hey hey now! If you want quality equipment, you gots ta pay for it! Do you realize that Apple Computer controls both the hardware production and the operating system development for its computers? That means they can afford to throw out all the old legacy junk that no one uses, like parallel and serial ports. All that stuff is being replaced by USB, which is cheaper and more plug and playable. (yes, you *can* unplug a PS/2 keyboard or mouse while the PC is running, but watch what happens when you plug it back in!) Besides, throwing all the legacy stuff also removes bottlenecks and stuff from your computer. I have a firewire controller in this laptop! I bet that most of you don't have one in your PC, whereas Apple can put all kinds of nifty stuff in their computers. I guess it also depends on what u are looking for in a computer, I'm not looking for a 22 million transistor AMD Athlon to crank out my games on, I just want a NICE portable laptop, which most x86 laptops arent. Besides, you paid $200 for something with less than half the specs of mine. And it was used, that also decreases the cost of computers (although, when you think about it, most computer parts don't wear down like, say, car parts do. A 3 year old PC can still work just as good as it did 1 or 2 or 3 years ago.) Besides, my laptop looks stypish! Its such a gorgeous white-grey color, and the keyboard is white too, everything is white! It's so cool, I'm not regretting my decision one bit.

(PPS: on the other hand, I could have gotten a Powerbook Titanium G4, which is probably more powerfull than most of your desktops, but costs nearly $4000 CANADIAN, even with an educational discount, however, it kicks sooo much azz (including your bank account's azz) no matter how u look at it!)

10-03-2001, 04:57 PM	#16
Mythril Gear Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: MG's Apple Orchard Age: 41 Posts: 215	Hey hey now! If you want quality equipment, you gots ta pay for it! Do you realize that Apple Computer controls both the hardware production and the operating system development for its computers? That means they can afford to throw out all the old legacy junk that no one uses, like parallel and serial ports. All that stuff is being replaced by USB, which is cheaper and more plug and playable. (yes, you can unplug a PS/2 keyboard or mouse while the PC is running, but watch what happens when you plug it back in!) Besides, throwing all the legacy stuff also removes bottlenecks and stuff from your computer. I have a firewire controller in this laptop! I bet that most of you don't have one in your PC, whereas Apple can put all kinds of nifty stuff in their computers. I guess it also depends on what u are looking for in a computer, I'm not looking for a 22 million transistor AMD Athlon to crank out my games on, I just want a NICE portable laptop, which most x86 laptops arent. Besides, you paid $200 for something with less than half the specs of mine. And it was used, that also decreases the cost of computers (although, when you think about it, most computer parts don't wear down like, say, car parts do. A 3 year old PC can still work just as good as it did 1 or 2 or 3 years ago.) Besides, my laptop looks stypish! Its such a gorgeous white-grey color, and the keyboard is white too, everything is white! It's so cool, I'm not regretting my decision one bit. (PPS: on the other hand, I could have gotten a Powerbook Titanium G4, which is probably more powerfull than most of your desktops, but costs nearly $4000 CANADIAN, even with an educational discount, however, it kicks sooo much azz (including your bank account's azz) no matter how u look at it!) __________________