I'd rather I keep upgrading my computer than having to buy a new mac every couple years. That's a pretty big part of owning a nonmac.


I worked at CompUSA for a while in the tech shop. Some macs were okay to work on but in general they were horribly engineered. The laptops can be pretty bad too, adding memory should not take 20 minutes. It should take 1 minute.

That said, I loved the feel of the iBooks whenever I worked with one. Very solidly built compared to all the Toshibas and HPs and Compaq laptops. It really is comparable to sitting inside of a Mercedes and sitting inside of a cheesy 70's American sedan. The materials used and how the laptop feels is a huge indication of quality IMO. I dont know what material they use in the ibooks is but it is a beautiful thing compared to the creaky plastic crap on its competitors. I dont have a laptop but if I were to get one I'd consider an Ibook. You generally dont game on laptops anyway. Also there were definitely a lot more computers in there with windows software problems than macs with software problems. 99% of the time if there was a mac in the shop it was a hardware issue.

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