That is the idea behind buying a brand, paying a significant extra mark up for the peace of mind of getting a quality product. At least that's how it is supposed to work.

My experience with macs has been the opposite, but I'm not going to go into detail because anecdotal evidence means less than nothing on the internet. That and a laptop would be my last resort for rendering of any kind, so we are not going to have common ground.

They do tend to have less quality control issues, and I'm sure they aren't the only tech company with human rights issues, but at the end of the day they're just computers. I don't get the rabid anger.

Hey man, I wasn't talking to you. I don't view my phone as disposable, but the person I was talking to apparently does. Read and think before you open up with mindless insults. This isn't 4chan.

Nice screen name though. Moof.

Personally I find the fact that you lumped Samsung in with HP and dell to be borderline offensive. Of course a MacBook is going to blow a three hundred dollar netbook out of the water, a twelve hundred dollar quality laptop? Not so much. They're made of the same stuff, and assembled by slave labor, let go of the fantasy.

That said, I'm not the kind of person that views a six hundred dollar smart phone as "disposable", so I'm not really apple's key demographic.

Y'see, that's the funny thing about private businesses, if a business owner doesn't want you to smoke in his restaurant, it's his right to kick you out on your ass for lighting up. If a movie theater owner wants to kick people out without a refund for bringing in screaming children and talking on cellphones, oh you better believe they will.

But coming from someone who uses liberal as an insult I wouldn't expect you to have any understanding of such concepts. You people act like your rights are the only ones that matter.

And really, is it that bad to wait until you're done eating to smoke?

My advice to you? Find a better restaurant. Smoking sections still exist let me assure you. In some places they don't even just smoke cigarettes.