Originally Posted by Sisk

I'd never buy a mac either. So you don't get virus'...big whoop. It's not worth the MASSIVE premium you pay for them. $2400 for an iMac!? Yeah...right. I'll stick with my PC thanks.
But I digress. We can't turn this into another mac vs. pc thread lol.

osinirish - What did you decide to get to replace the HP junkbox?

Originally Posted by cbr995

Yeah... I'd rather not buy an over-priced over-hyped fashion statement.

Originally Posted by old skool luvr

Originally Posted by wlorton

I know its not funny, but you cant debate the security and the strength of the platform.... Just google mac viruses... they do make them... but you have to be a complete moron to get one... Also they tend to use better components to justify the price... (I am a fan boy and will argue.. lol) but They did use some crappy fujitsu drives and my 12in sub trashed my hard drive thrice.... never play extremely loud music near a laptop... lol.... but Seriously on the Windows platform... Acer makes some good stuff... Hp and Gateway are crap and would never touch them with a ten foot pole...

Originally Posted by oisinirish

Toshiba A505.

Originally Posted by The_Beast

same here

If your smart you'd install a anti-virus/spyware/malware..... and if you can't then you deserve a virus. The components do not justify the price, I could build a computer that ran twice as fast as a mac for half the price. I too an a fan boy and will argue.

I will say they do make a great iPods/iPhones/iTouches. I'd really like to see there how there new tablets turn out

Originally Posted by wlorton

Not to offend... but they also say that many more people who know less about computers tend to buy the cheapest setups from best buy (or whatever) and are ill informed about viruses... That being said, I do understand that for the price of a Fully loaded Imac, one can build a computer with 4tb of storage and smoke some crazy fast speeds...

Originally Posted by The_Beast

I know there are a lot of people who don't know a thing about computer (in my case most of my family) but the people working at best buy (or whatever) always try to sell Norton... with the computer. And most prebuilts computers come with an anti-virus trial of some sort.