Oh, another Internet OS flame war. Yay. This stupid fuck on engadget’s shitty comment system is overloading the site with his shitty-kid opinions:

Macs (and Apple in general) are made for noobs who dont know how to use computers; plain and simple. Guess what? Your OS isn’t secure; if OSX was as popular as Windows was, you’d have way for viruses/spyware/hacks out there. But guess what? NO ONE CARES ABOUT MACS!!! Keep thinking you’re cool with your 3% global market share, LOL.

Yes. Viruses have everything to do with market share.

Of course it was boring… WHY DOES APPLE EVEN HAVE A DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE? All of the developers are writing software for WINDOWS!

ALSO with the move to Intel Apple is now nothing more than a PC… there are flavors of Linux out there that are better than OSX (by the way… how is Apple innovative with OSX which is built off of a platform designed by someone else?)

It’s not going to be hard to port the OSX version of Unix to Intel when EVERY OTHER VERSION of Unix already runs on Intel platforms.

Yes. Linux is better than OSX. It’s so great that it’s impossible to understand. Coding X11 apps is fun too, way better than Xcode. Yes, Apple doesn’t innovate because they use open standards whereas Microsoft certainly doesn’t Embrace, Extend, Destroy. This is your new community. It is Xbox Live kids trying to explain Microsoft’s pwnership. But I’m flaming.

Here is my point

Anyone who flames Macs are idiots. Here’s why:

• PC = Intel chip that runs Windows
• Mac = Intel chip that runs Windows (boot camp) and even Vista

Exactly what is a PC? Why would you buy a Dell that can’t run OSX? 10% savings, couple hundred bucks? It isn’t price anymore. Compare the two products side-by-side. Yes, you can build an expensive Mac. But you can also build a $10k XPS Dell.

Let’s get some numbers. Some real numbers. Not the first number you see on the Dell page (base cost).

Dell gaming rig – $2,649.00

XPS 700
Jet Black

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6700 (2.67GHz)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz – 2 DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
Dual 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS
No Floppy Drive Included
Dell USB Keyboard
Dell Optical USB Mouse
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D), w/Dolby® Digital 5.1
Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer
Windows Vista™ Capable
PC-cillin Internet Security with AntiVirus and Spyware removal

I couldn’t leave the speakers off apparently. Windows MCE is a nice touch. Would be able to do some Xbox 360 stuff that the Mac can’t do. Dual DVD drives only option too. Dual 7900GS is a better video card than the Apple.

Mac Pro – $2,499.00

Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
1GB (2 x 512MB)
250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI/dual-link DVI)
1 x SuperDrive
Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse – U.S. English
Mac OS X – U.S. English

Ok, so we’re a little bit cheaper although the playing field isn’t fair. We have twin 7900 GSs and a bunch of other stuff that the Mac doesn’t have. 7900 GS is $149 and the Dell speakers are $19.95. If we want to run bootcamp, we need a copy of XP with MCE to be fair ($109 from newegg). The Dell has a DVD-Rom drive that the Mac doesn’t have, add on another $19.95 and the new total is:

Adjusted Mac – $2796.90

So we’re talking about $147.90 here to miss out on OSX, Mail, a fast PDF creator/viewer, iChat (free video conferencing), Spotlight (WinFS), Widget (Vista’s Gadgets) and an OS that doesn’t get viruses. An OS that you can move Apps wherever you want without re-installing. An OS without a C:\ or a registry.

So what is a PC? An Intel computer that runs Windows for cheap? $148.