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Doing the Math On the New MacBook
Technologizer writes "Apple's new MacBook is a significantly different machine than its predecessor — a slicker laptop at a higher price point. But does it carry a large price premium over similar Windows PCs? I did a painstaking spec-by-spec comparison versus three roughly comparably-configured Windows machines, and came to the conclusion that the value it offers for price paid is not out of whack with the Windows world." The article uses the phrase "Mac tax," which one commenter points out is a recent Microsoft marketing canard.
Nonsense. Everybody who's anybody knows the real tax you pay with a Mac is the pain of being hipper than all of your friends.
And the masses cried out, "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0!"
And thank goodness for that!
(Mod me down, it was worth it)
If you build it, nerds will come. Soylentnews.org
It's all relative. For the average slashdotter to be hipper than all his friends he can do any of the following:
1. Walk up to a girl and say "hi". /.
2. Move out of his parents basement.
3. Shower.
4. Stop reading
5. Stop quoting The Simpsons/Star Wars/Monty Python/etc.
6. Beat the Cheetos and Mountain Dew addiction.
7. You know what - screw this list. I'm way too hip for this.
From Apple's Macbook mini-site:
So there you have it. If Apple is funding the development of technology to send their designers into the future, where they must then spend years infiltrating futuristic IEEE meetings before returning to the present to design laptops, then of course their machines will be a little more expensive.
But just think of the money you'll save when you can browse the Omninet using remote mind-control in 3245AD while those Dell suckers are stuck with forking out for Dell's by-then outdated brain-implant technology.
Read Pynchon.
You forgot ... profit!
"The differences between OS X and Windows are far more significant than any spec I discuss in this article.
Oh, but it's very simple. Unix (4 legs) good, not Unix (2 legs) bad.
With all due respect there are not a huge number of things that really honestly require a Mac these days.
To paraphrase Joe Biden, "two words - World of Warcraft."
WoW really rocks on a Mac. As a Draenei in Winterspring on a Mac you can almost feel the snow beneath your hooves ...
SXGA+ ?
WSXGA ?
WSGA ?
WSXGA+ ?
Except the W which obviously means wide, what does all the other pre- and postfixes mean?
if S,X,+ all mean higher resolution, then WSXGA+ must be omgwtfbbq high resolution.
Selling $1300 laptops without firewire ports and card slots IS cheap.
Tell me, what is the marginal utility of that special Mac aura?
What is the marginal utility of your snob aura?
More like old bread with a specially seasoned crust?
Boot Windows, Linux, and ESX over the network for free.
The last time I had "a wet stain on my pants and said in a low tone..."I must have this"" is the first time my wife kissed me.
8. Just saying "I'm hipper" with confidence. Man that should be hard enough.
No you should use the latin:
8) I'm a Hippo
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
When you walk in with a laptop that makes the suits stare [...] power point [...] it's why all our salespeople have them.
Were you arguing against or in favor of the machine you described here as MacDouchebag?
Do bear in mind that you are talking about Windows ME. An operating system that Microsoft told me would allow me to connect and share my media in new and better ways. It then proceeded to BSOD on first boot.
One time a buddy and I were walking, carrying our loaves of bread.
My Apple BreadPro slipped out of its bag (it ripped open) and hit the pavement. It only suffered a slightly crushed corner, but did leave some crumbs on the ground.
My buddy's bag also ripped open at the exact same time (weird, huh), and his DellBread WheatMaster 1400XL landed on its corner, but the damage was devastating. He lost both heels, and some of the slices were all over the ground.
He bought apple bread after that, which just seems to hold together better. They have a unibody, unsliced construction ya know.
Sorry, but I just love the irony of writing about avoiding hitting neighbouring keys on the keyboard, then hitting one in the next sentence. :)
Caffeine is bad m'kay...
Wait, what? Now, sure, pre-packaged drinks with corn syrup are bad but plain ole' caffeine? I mean, I've moved on from Coke to fresh roasted coffee, just ground before making a pot. Now, I have reduced my coffee intake to just a quart a day, black, so I should be doing ok, right? Don' take mah caffeine away. How am I supposed to function on 4 hours sleep a night?
I drank what? -- Socrates
wait, Mountain Dew ... without caffeine?
does not compute *CRASH*
Don't call me back. Give me a call back. Bye. So yeah. But bye our, well, but alright we are on a shirt this chill.