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If you help me with this problem I will love you.
So previously I posted a thread about how I'm in the middle of convincing my parents to get me a macbook pro.
My dad came up with this stupid metaphor that I'm trying to turn on him. My dads comparing My PC and the Macbook pro to A Ford car and a Porche because the ford car gets from point A to point B just as the PC and macbook pro accept the porche is more fun to ride such as a macbook pro I know this metaphor is stupid but I can't figure out how to explain it to him. -Thanks Mac OS X 10.5.5 • Voodoo 9.5.0 • 2.7 GHz AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ • 2 GB 1334 MHz DDR2 • NVIDIA GeForce 9500M-M MB • Maxtor 75 GB IDE |
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well with windows the pc doesn't even get from a to b
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lol I love your response but I need something that my dad will actually believe.
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Well you could say it also gets there from point a to point b but ensures a safer, smoother ride? *shrug*
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I'm not sure how you could arrange that idiotic metaphor to persuade your dad to agree to buy you a MacBook Pro, but I have a few decent ideas...
I hope these points reach your dad. My Specs System: Custom Built Mobo: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 OS:Mac OS X MountainLion 10.8.2 & Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.2GHz Memory: 16GB DDR3 XMS3 1600MHz Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB Email/Gtalk: [email protected] Last edited by SaCleoCheater; 07-09-2009 at 05:16 PM. |
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I guess what Your dad doesn't like is the price. So here are few "hints" about that :
- MacBook should work fine for many years - while most of PCs - especially those cheap one not necessarily. - Apple's new versions of OS will work fine even on quite old hardware properly - while almost every Windows needs an upgrade - or it will run like Vista in most cases. ( actually it worked quite nice on my laptop ). - Mac OS is let's say "immune" to viruses, spyware etc. ( well we know it is not, but 95% of malicious software is for windows ) - so You don't have to buy for Antivirus, Firewall etc. - You can have them, but don't have to. - Mac OS X updates are free - and new version upgrade is dirt cheap ( 29$ for Snow Leo ). - If You're a student, You can get 15% discount at Apple Store for selected models. - And it comes ( Mac ) with full system packed with multimedia software ( iLife etc. ) while Windows does not. - Most important for me...if You're used to Windows - You are used to errors, bsod, stupid pop- up messages, ballons, windows popping up at logon etc. Once You go Mac - it's like Zen...peace and reliability No other ideas at the moment. www.ultimae.com Panoramic music, for panoramic people. AMD Phenom II X6 3.5Ghz AMD 990FX Chipset Kingston HyperX 16GB 1600Mhz AMD Radeon HD6850 X2 CrossFire Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB Last edited by Taisto; 07-10-2009 at 12:29 AM. |
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Thank you for ALL your AMAZING help guys!
It's going to be about a month before I can argue with my dad again (I need to give him a break) But he agreed to get me an LCD HD Monitor..because he's weird like that...oh and 2 more gigs of ram...I posted another thread on that topic =) But anyways, that you soooo much for all your support. This is seriously why infinitemac is the #1 site that I'd recommend for support (and I have recommended this site to many people) 💡 Deploy cloud instances seamlessly on DigitalOcean. Free credits ($100) for InfMac readers. Mac OS X 10.5.5 • Voodoo 9.5.0 • 2.7 GHz AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ • 2 GB 1334 MHz DDR2 • NVIDIA GeForce 9500M-M MB • Maxtor 75 GB IDE |