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The close competition? For the price of a MacBook you could get a beefy ass PC.
A beefy PC that you’re going to be itching to upgrade in 2 years.
I will say though, if you’re planning on gaming then Mac is still a no go. It’s best for design and audio professionals. Average joes should just be getting a Chromebook or something.
What can you do on a Mac that a cheap ass laptop can't do?
The Mac can run MacOS. That was the point of this thread, that MacOS is less junked up than Windows.
Less junked up?
What about all the forced apple junk? Itunes, App Store, Books, Chess, DVD Player, Facetime, GarageBand, Home, Imovie, Keynote, Podcasts, Photo Booth, Pages, Quicktime Player, Safari (which doesn't allow you to install a decent browser), ...
The original post in this thread said:
I agree with that. If you don’t, that’s okay.
Guess what my response was to that? "But then I'd have to support apple trash". Im responding to the fan bois