10-25-2012, 01:35 PM
WRXtranceformed Wrote:But I will say that my non-Apple phone and non-Apple laptop when I bought both were much faster / had better hardware and were half the price (my Dell was actually 1/3rd the price) of the nearest competing Apple products
Yep, there are plenty of things out there that, to the end user, are just as good in the short term (1-3 years) and their shittyness is pretty transparent. Long term, my dell stuff is hit & miss. I've had plenty of component failures to deal with and some with just shitty design from the beginning. But, most of us dont look at the true lifetime cost of things.
I wont buy an apple computer anytime soon, but I get it, and I have no interest in replacing my iphone/ipad.