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<blockquote data-quote="Jmac" data-source="post: 5052929" data-attributes="member: 545486">You&#039;re going to have to explain true cost to own because I&#039;m not seeing any benefit there.Applecare tech support is not that great.&nbsp; I&#039;ve used it multiple times because my iMac keeps failing and their first solution to everything is reformat, just like any other PC company.&nbsp; Next step is run diagnostics, which never turns up anything, despite having multiple components fail every time I get a random colour screen of death (yay, Magenta and Cyan screens of death FTW).&nbsp; Plus, they don&#039;t offer 24/7 phone support, either, which is fvcking g3hy because 2 of the 4 times the thing failed, it failed when my GF was working on projects for school in the middle of the night.Bootcamp requires a valid copy of a 32-bit version of Windows ($100+) and Parallels is another $100 purchase.&nbsp; How does this fit into your &quot;true cost of ownership?&quot;The reason why you see Apple computers in movies and on TV is because THEY PAY THEM TO.&nbsp; It&#039;s called MARKETING.&nbsp; It means they paid the producers the most money, not that they make the best products.&nbsp; The reason why you saw less Apple years ago is because APPLE HAD LESS MONEY.&nbsp; GO FIGURE!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jmac, post: 5052929, member: 545486"] You're going to have to explain true cost to own because I'm not seeing any benefit there. Applecare tech support is not that great. I've used it multiple times because my iMac keeps failing and their first solution to everything is reformat, just like any other PC company. Next step is run diagnostics, which never turns up anything, despite having multiple components fail every time I get a random colour screen of death (yay, Magenta and Cyan screens of death FTW). Plus, they don't offer 24/7 phone support, either, which is fvcking g3hy because 2 of the 4 times the thing failed, it failed when my GF was working on projects for school in the middle of the night. Bootcamp requires a valid copy of a 32-bit version of Windows ($100+) and Parallels is another $100 purchase. How does this fit into your "true cost of ownership?" The reason why you see Apple computers in movies and on TV is because THEY PAY THEM TO. It's called MARKETING. It means they paid the producers the most money, not that they make the best products. The reason why you saw less Apple years ago is because APPLE HAD LESS MONEY. GO FIGURE! [/QUOTE]

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