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[this_is_gav]

You can get all-in-one PCs (so monitor and PC in one bit) for £500 compared to a Mac with similar specs. A Lenovo C470 with the same specs (other than the screen res I guess) as the Mac listed earlier for example took me all of 20 seconds to find - I'm sure there are other all-in-one units out there for cheaper, or far better specs.

 

[m4cc45]

Interesting as well:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ion-data-and-hard-drive-searches-9808460.html

Some people must not have fully read Apples T&C's.



M.

 

[Mattus]

If you compare an iMac to a self-built PC purely on the basis of the hardware inside it, then obviously the iMac is going to lose out as a value proposition.

That isn't what an iMac is about, though, is it? It's about having an attractive all-in-one unit with excellent integration between hardware and software and decent customer support. It typically won't appeal to the sort of person who builds their own gaming PCs, but that's not the market which Apple is aiming for.

I have no idea why people keep comparing devices based on specs alone, when the comparison obviously isn't valid.

 

[V F]

If you compare an iMac to a self-built PC purely on the basis of the hardware inside it, then obviously the iMac is going to lose out as a value proposition.

That isn't what an iMac is about, though, is it? It's about having an attractive all-in-one unit with excellent integration between hardware and software and decent customer support. It typically won't appeal to the sort of person who builds their own gaming PCs, but that's not the market which Apple is aiming for.

I have no idea why people keep comparing devices based on specs alone, when the comparison obviously isn't valid.

No? I know of friends and there are other people who has custom built (mid/high end/gaming) PC's but also own iMac's/Mac Pro's.

 

[OspreyO]

If you are comparing hardware specs. You don't get it.

No? I know of friends and there are other people who has custom built (mid/high end/gaming) PC's but also own iMac's/Mac Pro's.

He said "typically"

 

[Mynight]

Meh buy a custom pc and dualboot OS X on it. Best of both worlds.

 

[V F]

He said "typically"

Yes but typically people spin definitions on how they see fit.

 

[OspreyO]

Either you are arguing for the sake of it. Or you genuinely think Apples target audience are overclockers.

Apple simply target the premium consumer market.

 

[V F]

I never said Apple was targeting Overclockers. This isn't the early 00s where you were this side or that side. Which some still seem to think.

 

[Martini1991]

You could text off a PC years ago with the Sony companion App.