How can Apple justify their prices when they have fallen to far behind?!

[AG3]

Guys I am a mac head, have always been, but lets face the facts AMD kicks any g4's ass in 3D games, 3D applications, Photoshop, and now Digital editing.
I need a new computer but everyone who does DV or 3D modelling says if you want to get serious buy an AMD system...
WTF, since when did apple become second best to graphics? They never took second place, but now they are.

Essential applications like Photoshop are becoming more pc-like and becoming faster on windows boxes.
There is nothing a mac is purely faster at over an AMD system, ohh maybe one or two photoshop filters.

How can Apple justify their huge prices for last years hardware?

Who here feels the same way?

[nkuvu]

*plonk*

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Take any first-level economics course and the answer becomes extremely clear.

[dlookus]

Quit yer whining.

Apple has never really been a 3D powerhouse. As for DV I think that's rediculous.

I think if you reduce the difference between PCs and Macs down to pure speed. You are missing the point.

[ksuther]

My thoughts exacly nkuvu

AG3, these forums have been through enough of this already. I'm sure that this thread will explode into one with hundreds of replys and start a flame war. Many people will say that you are right, most won't.

Photoshop never did look as good in Windows as it does on a Mac. Macs have Lightwave and Maya for 3D, which are extremely high quality. Final Cut Pro doesn't even exist on the PC, and is a great photo app.

As for huge prices, many people think it is worth it to pay an extra few hundred dollars to have a system that they LIKE to work with, not just cope with.

*sits back and watches the replies flood in*

[Valrus]

Originally posted by AG3
Who here feels the same way?

georgelien does, and look what happened to him.

Just leave it.

-the valrus

[ulrik]

Some poeple buy a BMW 7series, others buy a cheaper Porsche 911 Carrera. Both tend to travel at the same average speed.

Nuff said...

[AJaX]

Last time I checked, you can't run OS X on an AMD system. I think apple's prices are not bad at all. I mean look at the latest review between a Sony Vaio and an Apple iMac:

Vaio: $3400
iMac: $1800

One runs a REAL Operating System, the other runs a joke. WinXP is not better for content creation, I'm sorry, but the Mac OS will always appeal to designers/content creators/movie editors more. I don't understand where you are getting this "second best" stuff. Again, Final Cut, Cinema Tools, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, iTunes, show me these applications on WinXP??....People do not get what justifies the price until they have used the machine, and all of the wonderful applications with it. Oh yeah, and do you get a micro-fiber polishing cloth with your AMD system? That's what i thought