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You probably don't care as much about overpaying for stuff when you're the CEO of Valve. 

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Yeah, not sure on the hate with Apple. I've used and owned several of the products, and overall was very happy. I honestly think for a laptop I would be hard pressed on deciding between the ASUS Zenbook and the Apple Macbook Air as a mobile solution (non gaming). I've had several iPhones, and have always loved them, and honestly thinking of going back.

 

I will always keep my shrine though. That is one thing that will never change...except maybe Linux if that whole thing ever gets sorted out.

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I like Apple too... Just for phones and tablets, maybe a laptop.

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I like Apple too... Just for phones and tablets, maybe a laptop.

i like bananas 

 

 

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Yeah, not sure on the hate with Apple. I've used and owned several of the products, and overall was very happy. I honestly think for a laptop I would be hard pressed on deciding between the ASUS Zenbook and the Apple Macbook Air as a mobile solution (non gaming). I've had several iPhones, and have always loved them, and honestly thinking of going back.

 

I will always keep my shrine though. That is one thing that will never change...except maybe Linux if that whole thing ever gets sorted out.

my hate for apple came from the ipod I had, oh your trying to watch a video "crash", oh want to play a game "crash", oh want to listen to music "crash". after that I vowed never to use apple ever again

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I don't see how this could be a surprise to anyone seeing as he put steam out on osx before trying to put it out on linux

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A whole lot of talk about nothing important in this thread, except maybe one thing:   If they ever make a movie then Robin Williams has to play his part  Complete with dorky 80's comic styling.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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Yeah, not sure on the hate with Apple. I've used and owned several of the products, and overall was very happy. I honestly think for a laptop I would be hard pressed on deciding between the ASUS Zenbook and the Apple Macbook Air as a mobile solution (non gaming). I've had several iPhones, and have always loved them, and honestly thinking of going back.

 

I will always keep my shrine though. That is one thing that will never change...except maybe Linux if that whole thing ever gets sorted out.

 

You can have a shrine and be an Apple fanboy at the same time. My shrine is only for gaming, though. It's fun to build a rig, and if i have problems with Windows i just wipe the machine. Looking forward to Steam OS though.

 

It would be the same as having a car to get to work every day (Apple) and having a muscle car in the garage you work on at weekends (Gaming Rig). It actually is a great combination.

 

I still would NEVER try to do serious work on a windows machine. I trust the rig, but not the OS. At the same time, Gaming under Mac OS still sucks. Games are just not that optimized in OpenGL, and there are a lot of lazy ports. So having both sides separately is a benefit.

 

One thing though: Apple Laptops are technologically superior to any other brand. No reviewer is arguing about that. Gaming under Windows on an Retina MacBook Pro actually is a great, cool, quiet experience. Expensive yes, very expensive in this case, but you get what you pay for. You are not whining about the prices of a Porsche or a Ferrari, because you know what you get, and you know the experience will be better if you are willing to spend the money. One should not try to bend this logic only because we are talking about Computers.

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Is it just me or does the other dude have the longest fingers in the world. Just look at his hand in his pocket. 

Nothing to see here - move along.

 

 

 

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Labels out Gabe labels out 

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Ah now I have even MORE faith in GabeN - he has taste :)

You don't :D

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