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Is It Actualy FAIR to Compare the Two?

April 18th 2008 18:49
WHY? WHY? Can someone please tell me just WHY? Why do people prefer Macs over PCs? Why do people want to pay $700 more for a system that is effectively half as powerful as that of a competitors.

The cheapest Macbook Pro on Apple.com.au is being sold for a whopping $2700, what does it come with? Lets see, 2gb RAM, 200GB hard drive, 15 inch widescreen monitor, 2.4ghz core 2 duo, and the infamous 'super drive' (i.e. dvd burner).

Now Dell on the other hand, for just $2000, is offering an XPS laptop with 4gb RAM, 320GB hard drive, 15.4" widescreen monitor, and a 2.5ghz Core 2 Duo plus a one year warranty thrown in for good measure.


In every single point the DELL completely oblibetrates the Macbook Pro, side by side:

DELL 2.5ghz vs. Macbook Pro 2.4ghz
DELL 4gb RAM vs. Macbook Pro 2gb RAM
DELL 15.4" Screen vs. Macbook Pro 15" Screen
DELL 320GB hard drive vs. Macbook Pro 200gb hard drive.

*DELL, Macbook Pro

HELLO!? Does anyone else not see the friggin price differences? The best equivalent for the Macbook Pro DELL is offering is a $1900 system that has one gigabyte of extra RAM (3gb) and 320gb hard drive, matches the Macbook Pro on all other points.
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Apple Sends Mixed Message

March 27th 2008 11:15
Someone actually read the Firefox EULA, wow, and found draconian terms and conditions (who would have thought?).

In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn't just undermine "the security of the whole Web". He's made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.

As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple's Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than "a single Apple-labeled computer at a time." This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you're violating the license.


Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows
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Twentieth Century Fox And Apple Sign iTunes Deal

December 27th 2007 07:17
Twentieth Century Fox and Apple have signed a deal to allow Apple to lease newly released DVDs through downloads via iTunes. No news on the pricing but its expected to be around $2.99 per download.

The exact details of the deal will probably be announced during Macworld or maybe just some random spontaneous Apple news conference. Steve Jobs hasn't done one of those in a while.

VIA paidContent
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Apple Continues War Against Blogs

December 23rd 2007 10:28
Who said Apple was into all the hip stuff? When it involves something as incriminating as rumours or comments about Apple's behaviour or even comment on matters as a self confessed 'fake' Apple employee and (*gasp*) Apple attacks. Now famous Steve Jobs impersonator 'Fake Steve Jobs' is being threatened by the Apple legal team.

From his Blog


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Apple Shuts Down Blog

December 20th 2007 16:13
Apple Sues Think Secret
Apple has reached a confidential agreement with popular Mac Rumour website 'Think Secret' of which one of the conditions is the aforementioned website shuts down. Apparently Apple doesn't like the idea of blogs talking about their products before they are released. It seems to be ok though that there are dozens of analysts who do the same.

Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides. As part of the confidential settlement, no sources were revealed and Think Secret will no longer be published. Nick Ciarelli, Think Secret's publisher, said "I'm pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits."

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It Just Works, Doesn't It?

October 15th 2007 00:51
If this was Microsoft they would have been torn apart by now, those SOBs get torn apart for some crazy bugs no one cares about yet Apple has been screwing over some of its customers quite sometime with a piece of software that doesn't work, where are the complaints?

Bootcamp on certain 24" iMacs (ones with outdated nVidia 7300/7600 videocards) doesn't work, in fact it hasn't been working since the launch of the iMac last year! Get this, Apple has been screwing over its customers with a buggy piece of crap software for the past year and no one has complained about it until now via this typical Apple fanboy blog post (typical in the sense it gives no sources and says it's a secret) showing off just how 'content' iMac users are


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This Ones For All The Apple Fanboys

September 18th 2007 17:35
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RIAA Bullied Apple? Bull Shitty Tales For Fanboys

September 15th 2007 18:19
IT's a sad state of affairs when a company can screw over its overly loyal fanuserbase and have its own customers lay blame on something else entirely.

So the reason the iPhone does not support custom ringtones, something that has been around for quite sometime, is because the RIAA won't let Apple due to royalty disputes


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Apple's New iPods Only Work With iTunes

September 15th 2007 05:28
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Locked to iTunes, But For How Long?
Umm, ouch? Apple has decided to make the new iPods only work using iTunes and locking out all third party software. This effectively turns iTunes and the iPod into one package, no other MP3 player can use iTunes given it has DRM further shunning out competition. Apple is holding a gun to its consumers head, plain and simple.

As Apple does, part of its marketting plan, establish a good market then lock out competing software hence mp3 players. Which sap would like to completely change over MP3 players and lose thousands of downloaded only from iTunes


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Apple 'Embarasses' Microsoft? Give Me a Break

August 12th 2007 05:07
Apples latest iWork 08 suite supports loading and writing to Microsofts own standard OOXML formats. Big deal? No, not really, you have to support a format that has a good chance of becoming an industry standard. This format is already supported in Microsoft Office 2007.

So why is it embarrasing for Microsoft? Because MS Office for OS X does not support OOXML. Big deal? You might think so, except for the fact the last Mac Office from Microsoft was released in 2004 and the next one isn't due until 2008


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The Expensive Mac

July 18th 2007 12:37
(All prices in AUD)

So I'm going to buy a new laptop, like always I have an annoying budget keeping me from buying the most ultimate of computers, just as well I'm not in the market for one, sticking to a maximum price of $1900 and not willing to budge above $2000 (if the deal is really good) I set out


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'My First Mac'? You Have GOT to be Joking

July 14th 2007 09:02
Another reason I won't be buying a mac anytime soon, the pure humiliation of being part of a group of people who seem to pride themselves off of being dumb little kids (no, I'm not referring to the movie editors and others who own macs for very good reasons, and no, a good reason isn't that Steve Jobs is the Jesus Christ of computers).

In keeping with Apple marketting tradition (read: treating your customers like babies) a website has been launched (by said customers) titled 'My First Mac'. Like 'The Little Engine That Could' or another timeless childrens classic 'My First Book' it would appear Apple fanboys have gone to new lows in the field of fanboyism. Leading the pack of fanboys, as always, to ever lower levels.
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iPhone Terms of Service

July 11th 2007 11:01
It doesn't cost anything extra to send emails overseas, right? Do it on your iPhone and you'll be charaged extra. Thats right, send an email overseas and AT&T will charge you extra. No reason whatsoever, they're just going to go ahead and do it.

1) iPhone Requires a 2-Year Contract with AT&T


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'But I Look Cooler'

June 15th 2007 09:34
Says Leopard. Yes, you do look cooler, but is that it? Besides ripping off Microsoft in severel different ways and adding a transperency effect to said rip offs have you added anything new?

Nope


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