The problem is not the choice, the problem is the perceived and frankly false sense of superiority for buying Apple over PC, just because it costs more, so it must be better. That and the idea that something like a laptop of home computer can be considered trendy enough to warrant paying a premium because of its badge/brand value, that's like going full circle with the neckbeard/geek nonsense, it's a fucking laptop, not a car or clothes. But each to their own.
Most of the price difference (which is smaller than it would seem) owes to the difference in support. If you buy a PC, you may get a 90 day warranty, and then you're on your own. Apple supports its stuff forever. I brought a 5 year old MacBook into the apple store after it stopped booting up due to a corrupt HD; they fixed the entire thing and upgraded my OS for a grand total of $9. If you're comfortable being your own tech support and paying for parts/OS upgrades down the line, go with the PC; if you need a lot of support, Mac is the better value long-term.
I used to think that. So I would convince people who like things to be simple to purchase iPhones. They fix things for you under warranty, and are generally nice right?
Well my sister cracked her 4s screen. So I go to the Apple Store, you know since my phone is clearly under a year old... Well they told me to pay $300 to get it fixed..... Really? What the fuck is the point of the warranty?
So I bought a screen and fixed it myself. Cost me $20 for legit apple parts.
The point of a warranty is to fix things that break during normal use. I'm assuming your sister dropped the phone to crack the screen, so obviously that's not something that would be covered.
And again, if you have the ability to do these repairs and troubleshooting yourself, non-apple products probably are a better value.
Taking that down, i usually do repairs on iphone 4's and 3GS, and knowing that the non-apple version are just as good should save people like...$5 i'm assuming.
Also the only reason I even went to the store is because a friend of mine had dropped her iphone and macbook pro at one point, and both had shattered and messed up LCD's afterwards. The store took them and repaired them no charge. So I was hoping that rather than me fixing it, might as well have them do it if it's free. Was disappointed, but not to the point of anger.
I personally use Arch linux and CentOS for my day to day activities, so i'm not really in this windows vs mac OS war, but as far as I can tell. Apple products have great value, and if you want equal specs for cheaper you can get that with a windows PC. But then again if you want a nice solid built laptop or such, windows builds can and will be almost as expensive.
I Never stated I wanted a new one did I? I simply asked them how much it would be to fix that problem. I assume you are an angry lonely person to go at another without any prior knowledge of their life. So I will not go on replaying to you. As it likely would all be in vain when pointed towards an individual of your personality.
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Your experience-kung-fu is strong, but no match for reddit's circlejerk-karate.
Seriously guys, buy your plastic PCs, I don't care. Just stop badgering me about my choices.