Originally posted by UnboundGodz
Personally I would suggest you build a custom desktop or invest into a top of the line workstation/gaming laptop. Reason I suggest this is your paying mainly for the name/brand instead of high end hardware. Although it looks amazing, great, and sleek. You could get more out of a Windows PC as both appear to have limitations, Mac is abit more limited application wise, IMO. As for that specific MacBook Pro, id say no the only thing about it thats appealing to spend abit on is the SSD which can be bought for as little as $100-150. Up to you, just giving you my TwoCents. Your better off investing into a custom desktop for the workstation like work you plan to do, easily affordable, maybe even cheaper for better performance.
..what?
- Saying you can get more out of a Windows PC is a moot point. Have you ever tried compiling an iOS app on Windows? Also, considering you can install Windows on a Mac, but not vice versa (at least not officially), and also considering that you can also run a good majority of Windows applications in Wine/etc, I'd say the opposite is true. Windows is more limiting in that respect.
- Have you ever tried doing the work he wants to do on a Macbook? It is, no lie, a million times easier. I work on one, and would not trade it for Windows in a million years.
- "your paying mainly for the name/brand instead of high end hardware" have you ever even tried using a Mac? Wait, no, you can't have, otherwise you'd know it's high end hardware. Not denying that you're not also paying for the brand, but to say it's not high end equipment is retarded. You realise Samsung sells laptops of very similar spec and price to Macbooks, right? You buy the name no matter what "high end" brand you go for - in my experience Alienware is a million times worse than Apple for that.
For the work he wants to do, he'd probably be much better off with a Mac. There's a reason thousands of professionals use Mac to do their work on.
Originally posted by 1UP
So you just described buying almost anything that isn't from the bargain bin. The problem I had with his post is that he is talking about 2 things. 1 being hardware and the other thinking the OS itself is what is going to increase the price.
That would be like me saying go buy a 2600k because I've had mine for 7 years and it works gud.
I can't see anywhere about any talk of the OS, only hardware upgrades. Apple hardware upgrades are just cancer in general, to the point that newer machines won't work unless done by an authorised repair centre.