Apple vs PC

[Archbob]

Basically an Apple is just a really overpriced PC with a different OS.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

IIRC Foxconn does Apple mobos.

I'm not saying this point is in favor of Apple, I am just saying that with variety and customization, there are risks and there are some purchases that are better than others. If you do your homework, you can put together a very stable, very reliable PC. Or you can pay an OEM to do it for you.

In this sense Apple is basically just a very very successful Dell, or HP, or other computer manufacturer, since these days the hardware differences we saw in previous generations of macs (e.g., using non-intel chips) are largely gone.

I agree. But today with internet it is very easy to inform oneself to build his own PC without difficulty.It requires a little of effort and some learning however. Some people prefer to expend a lot more of money to acquire an eyecandy case with low spec hardware inside, but each to his own...

PD: OMG, looking for Foxconn in wiki i found they make Asrock products.
Well Foxconn also makes products of a lot of brands like Apple, Microsoft, intel, Dell... So everything is the same at the end.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Making a mobo to spec for a major computer manufacturer likely has nothing to do with the rest of their products they produce. They typically do so under special contract with custom production and QC/QA procedures used to attain and verify that quality.

I have no idea what level of component quality that Apple actually used in their later products, but they can run an extremely wide range of quality even when they come from the same vendor.