Comments on: You get what you pay for, or why Macs are better http://wordvirus.us/2009/11/you-get-what-you-pay-for-or-why-macs-are-better/ The word is now a virus. - William S. Burroughs Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:26:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tanner http://wordvirus.us/2009/11/you-get-what-you-pay-for-or-why-macs-are-better/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Tanner Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:18:32 +0000 http://wordvirus.us/?p=1966#comment-31 I'll play devil's advocate here. Though I love Macs, and truly do believe they are worth the price-tag, I've been working for the past 8 months on a $179 refurbished EEE PC. My only gripe? The left mouse button got sticky for a few days until I got the courage (anger) up to knock the proverbial "shit" out of it. It has had no hardware failures. Streams video nicely. I am able to do all of my coursework on it (which was the intent of purchase), and it cost less than most cell phones. I suppose the above is in support of your statement in a way. You do get what you pay for, but only if you know what you're buying. Walking blindly into a retail store and laying down cash is likely not the best purchase plan for any bit of complex machinery. That being said, there are deals on both sides of the fence that are compelling. I’ll play devil’s advocate here. Though I love Macs, and truly do believe they are worth the price-tag, I’ve been working for the past 8 months on a $179 refurbished EEE PC. My only gripe? The left mouse button got sticky for a few days until I got the courage (anger) up to knock the proverbial “shit” out of it.

It has had no hardware failures. Streams video nicely. I am able to do all of my coursework on it (which was the intent of purchase), and it cost less than most cell phones.

I suppose the above is in support of your statement in a way. You do get what you pay for, but only if you know what you’re buying. Walking blindly into a retail store and laying down cash is likely not the best purchase plan for any bit of complex machinery. That being said, there are deals on both sides of the fence that are compelling.

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