So I see Macbooks are really super competitive in price...

[sourceninja]

The difference is the case, the form factor (mac macbook pro is lighter, and thinner then my D830 with better battary life (which is probably due to the OS rather then the battery being it's the same processor and the dell has intel video vs the macbooks nvidia video). LED backlighting which my dell does not have (and I'm not sure you can order one with yet), the touch pad, which is WAY superior to any touchpad i have ever used, backlighted keyboard which I've been told dell will have soon, magnetic power adapter, etc. There are quality differences. Sure it's just the same intel core2duo and the same amounts of ram same video chipsets etc. But there are things the mac does right that I feel justify the cost. The system may not perform better then my Dell, however I have not found anyone who has put them side by side who did not agree the macbook pro was better built. That justifys the extra 2-300 I paid for my macbook pro vs what my work paid for my new Dell D830.

Of course that is not to say the D830 is a junker. It is a very nice high end buisness notebook. And it does one thing the macbook pro can't do. It has an awesome docking station.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Parasitic
Are you for real? People have different needs.

Ironic that you'd say this in defense of Macs. I do agree that a compact 13.3" laptop isn't necessarily worse than a regular 15.4" one, but to say that "people have different needs" is one of the biggest anti-Mac arguments out there.

People DO have different needs. For people who set up their computer at home and only occasionally take it with them (the vast majority of laptop owners, especially those who are looking at the MacBook instead of the MacBook Pro), the 15.4" screen makes more sense. On top of that, it's cheaper.

Some Macs are good or at least okay deals if your requirements very closely match their configuration. But you have so little freedom to configure most Macs that many Mac users end up trying to adapt their own needs to fit what Apple has available, rather than finding the computer that suits them best.

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: Parasitic
Are you for real? People have different needs.

Ironic that you'd say this in defense of Macs. I do agree that a compact 13.3" laptop isn't necessarily worse than a regular 15.4" one, but to say that "people have different needs" is one of the biggest anti-Mac arguments out there.

People DO have different needs. For people who set up their computer at home and only occasionally take it with them (the vast majority of laptop owners, especially those who are looking at the MacBook instead of the MacBook Pro), the 15.4" screen makes more sense. On top of that, it's cheaper.

Some Macs are good or at least okay deals if your requirements very closely match their configuration. But you have so little freedom to configure most Macs that many Mac users end up trying to adapt their own needs to fit what Apple has available, rather than finding the computer that suits them best.

You should've read the post right above mine. I purposely wrote my post in the same manner as the one before.