[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

I call BS. I've worked around Macs now for 6 years doing help desk or selling work, and I can tell you for a fact that Macs are made better. Not invincible, not perfect, but better. My sister's iBook G3 that was used in the Henrico Country iBook pilot program from 5 years ago is running great without a hitch (only problem is the speakers are going out). And we're talking a high stress environment, not your typical laptop situation. At UD I'm working with our Mac labs and currently see iMac G4s that are 4 years old working great, along with old TiPB, who's only main problem is they need a replacement battery. Yet on the flip side I'm seeing PCs that are falling appart after one year of use that many students thought would be a good investment. There's a trend on campus for students to eBay their current laptops and get MacBooks, I've pesonally met a few who have done that.

The price of Macs are falling, the OS is secure, and they are well engineered machines (my Macbook has no external moving parts, not even a latch, to fail.) The Mac isn't for everyone, but to simply dismiss it because people here are saying they're good machines and well built is the same as us discrediting ThinkPads.

This comment as well as many before should be in the Mac/PC thread. Freddy asked for help buying a laptop... not for a useless arguement that is supposed to be confined to another thread.