Zing wrote:
If you are suggesting that buying a MacBook is "overpaying", allow me to comment. I also had a 2008 MacBook, standard version with zero upgrades. I sold it last year for $600. Let me repeat that. I sold a six-year-old minimum spec laptop for $600. Would anyone pay anything for a Windows-based Core2Duo laptop in 2013?
Apple computers have always had very good resale values. That doesn't really change that, for the price you pay, the hardware you get is really pretty modest.
RyaNtheSlayA wrote:That doesn't really change that, for the price you pay, the hardware you get is really pretty modest.
This is the truth.
For the same price as a base model iMac, I can have a mid-rage gaming computer built. These parts really aren't as expensive as people tend to think, it's just that Apple is an 'iconic' brand, and people tend to pay note for Apple products.
Now I'm not saying Apple products are bad, because they aren't and I appreciate them. But they are definitely overpriced.
If you are suggesting that buying a MacBook is "overpaying", allow me to comment. I also had a 2008 MacBook, standard version with zero upgrades. I sold it last year for $600. Let me repeat that. I sold a six-year-old minimum spec laptop for $600. Would anyone pay anything for a Windows-based Core2Duo laptop in 2013?
Well, you are over paying for it. For the same price you could build a computer that is superior to a MacBook, there's really nothing to suggest, Macs are expensive.
Zing wrote:If you are suggesting that buying a MacBook is "overpaying", allow me to comment. I also had a 2008 MacBook, standard version with zero upgrades. I sold it last year for $600. Let me repeat that. I sold a six-year-old minimum spec laptop for $600. Would anyone pay anything for a Windows-based Core2Duo laptop in 2013?
Well, you are over paying for it. For the same price you could build a computer that is superior to a MacBook, there's really nothing to suggest, Macs are expensive.
Its true, Mac hardware is very very modest, but in all honesty I pay for the experience (Maybe kind of like paying more for a console because it has the better exclusive games ?) I have used Mac and Wintel machines.
With Mac I still do not know how to navigate my way through the System Preferences because I hardly ever need to be there, while I remember spending a lifetime in the Windows Control Panel. Also, Macs last a very long time. I had a ThinkPad from 2004, 3 years later IIRC, the battery is dead and it needs to constantly be plugged to work. My Macbook is 5 years old, it still gets me about 1.5hrs on battery and a 3rd party software says its health status is 66% . Also I changed my '02 iMac after 7 years of user simply because newer software didn't run on hardware that old(Browsers, OpenOffice, iTunes, newer OS's, I think HD video on YouTube) , otherwise it ran fantastic except the DVD burner died very very early in its life like maybe 2 or 3 years later and I hardly used it.
Any one know why Apple products would retain such high value in resale ? A core2duo for $600 ? My family just bought a Windows Laptop for $800 and its i5, 500GB of storage, and I forgot about the RAM which is probably 4 or 6GB .Who wants to pay for a core2duo $600?
@Retrogamer0001
It starts out like this , first just small demos then they see its lucrative , they start selling mini games then they sell complete games. Baby steps .
Any way this news about the WII U failing is creating some kind of a whirlpool, in which the more people hear news that its failing the less sales it will make which makes more news its failing making developers not think about releasing games for it and so on...
I guess Nintendo needs to release 3 to 4 Triple A games exclusively for the Wii U to re-breath life into it and rebuild its confidence , and no Mario Kart won't cut it because I think those who are looking to play Mario Kart, Zelda, and Mario were the first 3 million who bought the console in its first 2 months after release..
As someone who worked professionally 15 years in IT for various companies supporting and building PCs, first experiencing a Mac in 2006 was so relieving. Gone are the days of reinstalling Windows, troubleshooting crashes, and all the usual stuff. It still blows my mind that my 2008 MacBook went through three major OS upgrades with no clean install, and two of the upgrades done directly via the internet. I can't imagine installing a new version of windows on anything but a clean partition.
Zing wrote:As someone who worked professionally 15 years in IT for various companies supporting and building PCs, first experiencing a Mac in 2006 was so relieving. Gone are the days of reinstalling Windows, troubleshooting crashes, and all the usual stuff. It still blows my mind that my 2008 MacBook went through three major OS upgrades with no clean install, and two of the upgrades done directly via the internet. I can't imagine installing a new version of windows on anything but a clean partition.
Since anecdotal evidence is acceptable here, my 2007 ThinkPad came with Vista x64, I know have Windows 8 without ever having to clean install. The only problems with my 2007 ThinkPad is I got an R series so the plastic case they use is cheap and has broken a bit, and I need a new battery. Also my Core 2 Duo has a hard time streaming tabs to Chromecast, but Google does recommend at least an i5 I believe.
Zing wrote:As someone who worked professionally 15 years in IT for various companies supporting and building PCs, first experiencing a Mac in 2006 was so relieving. Gone are the days of reinstalling Windows, troubleshooting crashes, and all the usual stuff. It still blows my mind that my 2008 MacBook went through three major OS upgrades with no clean install, and two of the upgrades done directly via the internet. I can't imagine installing a new version of windows on anything but a clean partition.
Since anecdotal evidence is acceptable here, my 2007 ThinkPad came with Vista x64, I know have Windows 8 without ever having to clean install. The only problems with my 2007 ThinkPad is I got an R series so the plastic case they use is cheap and has broken a bit, and I need a new battery. Also my Core 2 Duo has a hard time streaming tabs to Chromecast, but Google does recommend at least an i5 I believe.
My EEE 900A got a clean install of Linux Mint in July of 2010 and has worked fine until now when it has issue with Facebook. But this is PC talk. Despite the fact it was brought up in this topic, lets shelve it and go back to talking about the Wiiu.
It's all 3rd party, ported titles that have that problem. The original developer hires some third string company to port the game over and they spend no time or effort optimizing the game for the platform.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
