Mac vs PC (split from Netbook thread)

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All I can say is I've never had a problem like that with any of the macs I or my parents ever owned. :dunno: Back to our first Apple IIe, no Mac we've ever had has been retired because it broke. And I've fired up a ton of old macs, ones kicked to the curb, and I just couldn't throw any of them away, because they worked. I'm sure plenty of PC people can say that too, so it's just anecdotal. But so are the links you have there. I'm sure the same stuff can be found about any PC manufacturer.

Now if their build quality has gone down in the last 5 years, and I and the people I know are just lucky, well ok. Yes, John's had a mobo problem, he got unlucky. Every few years, one Apple model ends up like that. Some fatal design or manufacturing flaw that pops up after the thing's out of warranty. I guess since it hasn't happened to me, it hasn't soured me.

FWIW, I usually don't buy the newest latest and greatest thing, whatever it is. And when Apple makes some new design, yeah, I wait. I wait for rev 2 when they have the bugs worked out. Or I wait to get it on sale or refurb. So if there's something wrong with it, I let someone else figure it out. I think the last thing I bought the first day it was released was the PS2. :lol:

But my first couple jobs were installing and/or servicing, Macs, but also plenty of PCs for schools. I can say without a doubt, that at least then, and we're talking 10 years ago, I'd install or handle like, a thousand brand new powerbook G3s, and ONE would have a bad CD drive or something. Went through close to a thousand original iMacs too. I think one had a display problem. But the results when installing just one lab full of HPs or Dells was a whole different experience. So until Apple proves otherwise, which they haven't to me, well yeah, I'm a customer fo life!

I love me a good 'ol fashioned, useless Mac vs. PC debate! Didn't we do this on here a couple years ago? Let's just copy and paste from there so I can get back to work. :lol:

*edit*
I checked consumer reports, just because these personal stories are kind of a waste of time. Looking at laptops, difference in reliability is within statistical noise. As stated by CR, "Differences of fewer than 3 points aren't meaningful.":

~4 years ago:

~2 years ago:

and the most current chart is:
Toshiba 16
Sony 17
Compaq 18
Acer 19
Apple 19
HP 20
Gateway 20
Dell 21
Lenovo 21

So, we can say a Toshiba or Sony laptop are better than a Dell or Lenovo. But that still leaves Apple in the noise. For desktops, Apple is ACTUALLY ahead OMG:

Apple 13
Compaq 18
eMachines 19
Dell 20
HP 21
Sony 22
Gateway 23

So we fanbois aren't completely crazy when it comes to reliability, but it's mostly a wash. We should probably stop beating that horse, reliability is just one part of our eternal love. :mrgreen: