How do I convince my parents to let me buy a gaming pc, I have the money they just wont let me

[progamer21]

PLS HELp

[just that pc guy]

Just now, progamer21 said:

PLS HELp

say its for school work and multitasking.

[progamer21]

my parents say that i should get a mac then and that macs r more portable

 

idk how to respond 2 dat, they also say a mac can run  lots of tabs 2

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

2 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

my parents say that i should get a mac then and that macs r more portable

i agree. it's a good choice if it will be used for mostly schoolwork and if they don't want you to game all day. which i'm assuming is the case here and i completely understand.

[just that pc guy]

1 minute ago, progamer21 said:

idk how to respond 2 dat, they also say a mac can run  lots of tabs 2

mention the 2015 recall that macs had, the batteries would explode when charging (in some cases)

[Dedayog]

Just now, progamer21 said:

my parents say that i should get a mac then and that macs r more portable

Why do you need portability?  Get a laptop then.

 

Just because you have the money, your parents have an idea of what you need vs want, as well as a good handle on value most liely.

 

Make a case for what your friends have, Xbox, Play Station, etc.  Say you want a PC instead.  It can be used for school, internet browsing, watching movies so you're not in the living room (cuz what you watch and what they watch are different), as well as gaming.

 

 

 

 

[Prodigy_Smit]

1 minute ago, progamer21 said:

idk how to respond 2 dat, they also say a mac can run  lots of tabs 2

First quote so people see you replies. Second tell them a gaming pc is a highly powerful normal computer and you will be able to learn various tasks on it. Also tell them a mac overheats alot.

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

idk how to respond 2 dat, they also say a mac can run  lots of tabs 2

Maybe also explain to them that a PC can help you with punctuation and proper grammar? 

 

 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, just that pc guy said:

mention the 2015 recall that macs had, the batteries would explode when charging (in some cases)

i doubt any exploded, i believe they were jsut faulty. and it only affected the 15" models iirc. like, that's a very specific thing to mention and it's from 5 years ago. it's only relevant to know if you are looking for Mac's on the used market.

[DavidKalinowski]

how old are you? I'm guessing under 18. Honestly you probably wont. so what you do is, find a non-gaming PC that has the same specs, and get that.

[progamer21]

k ill try hehe boi i luv u guys

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 minute ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

Also tell them a mac overheats alot.

well, any laptop does that's quite fast. unless you buy one of the thick laptops that isn't even a laptop anymore it will overheat.

[progamer21]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

Maybe also explain to them that a PC can help you with punctuation and proper grammar? 

 

 

idk how that would help but ok lol

[DavidKalinowski]

1 minute ago, progamer21 said:

idk how that would help but ok lol

they are referencing the fact that you are using a lot of abbreviations and numbers and purposefully misspelling words.

 

3 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

k ill try hehe boi i luv u guys

This for example, should read as "Okay, I'll try. Boy I love you guys."

[progamer21]

5 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Why do you need portability?  Get a laptop then.

 

Just because you have the money, your parents have an idea of what you need vs want, as well as a good handle on value most liely.

 

Make a case for what your friends have, Xbox, Play Station, etc.  Say you want a PC instead.  It can be used for school, internet browsing, watching movies so you're not in the living room (cuz what you watch and what they watch are different), as well as gaming.

 

 

 

 

idk my parents r prob finding a bad thing to say about a pc 

[Prodigy_Smit]

4 minutes ago, Ashley said:

well, any laptop does that's quite fast. unless you buy one of the thick laptops that isn't even a laptop anymore it will overheat.

Well ya, but he can say that is why he is getting a desktop. Also it comes with the territory when you get a thin powerful machine.

[progamer21]

7 minutes ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

First quote so people see you replies. Second tell them a gaming pc is a highly powerful normal computer and you will be able to learn various tasks on it. Also tell them a mac overheats alot.

I think their more worried that since the pc i want is like insane im going to play that much more

 

[Fasauceome]

12 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

my parents say that i should get a mac then and that macs r more portable

 

12 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

they also say a mac can run  lots of tabs 2

can you ask them to explain why this is? because if you know about how PCs work, you know that it's baloney. "more tabs" is just how much ram you have, and portability is what size the computer is, so just build a tiny PC with a ton of ram.

[progamer21]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

 

can you ask them to explain why this is? because if you know about how PCs work, you know that it's baloney. "more tabs" is just how much ram you have, and portability is what size the computer is, so just build a tiny PC with a ton of ram.

exactly ill make sure to say that two

[Shreyas1]

Maybe if you're going to build one, you could say that you'll learn something in the process?

[Fasauceome]

Just now, progamer21 said:

exactly ill make sure to say that two

if your budget is $500 and you're buying in the united states, we could make a parts list, and your parents might prefer to compare it to Mac models that they wanted to buy. 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

4 minutes ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

Well ya, but he can say that is why he is getting a desktop. Also it comes with the territory when you get a thin powerful machine.

yeah that's fair enough, but if the parents want the kid to get a laptop anyway then the overheating argument is invalid when compared to other laptops that are practical enough to use for school.

[progamer21]

my budget is like 1k btw im thinking of getting the ibuypower gaming pc

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, progamer21 said:

i know soooo much about pcs just for u to know

I'm more concerned about:

 

Your listening and comprehension skills

Money management skills

Decision making skills

 

Etc.

 

Bottom line, you're young and have absolutely NO experience as a parent and dealing with children.  There may be reasoning your parents have they aren't telling you.  And as a parent myself, I truly feel a child needs to understand on some level what they're doing and you're not just giving in to impulse control issues.

 

Kids see, they want, then HAVE TO HAVE or the world ends.

 

[Fasauceome]

Just now, progamer21 said:

my budget is like 1k btw

you can make a $700 PC and compare it to a $1000 mac, that might help your case. Better for your uses, and cheaper? compelling

 

buying in the U.S.?