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Originally Posted by sanddrag
The way I see it is this: For the things I could/would do on a $1000 iBook (going online, word processing, spreasheet, etc) I could do just as well or perhaps better on a $500 PC laptop.
Why not just get a PC laptop like the other 90 someodd percent of the world.
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If that's all I was getting a computer for, and I was a PC person, I'd get a PC. If I was not computer literate, I would get a Mac, becuase Mac's are more intuitive. Also the benefits of a $1000 dollar iBook are more than that. It makes digital media accessible and easy for students. My iBook lets me do things with awesome things with media, without purchasing extra software. I can do my video editing for free on iMovie (which is actually pretty powerful), make my music for free in GarageBand, peruse my photos for free with iPhoto (which is pretty neat program), and buy perhaps the most incredibly school/work note taking program ever NoteTaker, which is only for Mac.
As for the second part of the quote, this equation has swung before. In the 80's the question would be "Why not just get an Apple II like the other 90 someodd percent of the world?"