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Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax

Posted by kdawson on from the get-what-you-pay-for dept.

Harry writes "Microsoft's new Windows ad, with shopper Lauren buying a cheap 17-inch HP laptop instead of a $2,800 MacBook Pro, has unleashed the whole 'Are Macs Expensive?' debate again. I'm diving in with a pretty exhaustive comparison of the MacBook Pro against machines from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Sony that were as comparably configured as I could manage. The conclusion: High-end laptops tend to carry high-end prices, whether their operating system hails from Cupertino or Redmond. And the MacBook Pro wasn't the priciest of the systems I compared." We looked at this question, not in as much depth, a couple of years back.

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  1. First Posts are the most expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But then again, I use linux on an asus netbook.

  2. third post by Shaklee39 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ftttdfgederQWED

  3. Re:I bought a Mac by Sebilrazen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    myspace?

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    "There are no facts, only interpretations." --Friedrich Nietzsche.
  4. Re:Selling Silverlight by burnin1965 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey douche bag, its 2009, those tired and pathetic comments did not hold any truth when they were first coined, today they are pathetic lies toss around by mental midgets. Not to worry, though you fear and loathe open source you can hold out for the prospect of landing a job mowing the lawn for one of the profitable open source software businesses. Landscaping is one area where your ignorance can't possible do any harm to yourself.

  5. Re:Upgrading by kholburn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To prove my love for you, I cut off the genitals of these plants.