Sorry to burst your bubble but I just took apart 2 macbook pros over the weekend, to see exactly what the hype over the hardware is all about. Besides the well engineered layout of the mobo, there is nothing special about the components that apple uses.
They use the same Samsung/Micron DDR2 memory module as Dell, Lenovo and other vendors. They use the same Hitachi hard drives, which from my experience is inferior compared to Seagate drives (Thought I have heard that some macbooks do come with seagate drives). The processor is the same Intel processor as everyone else.
So while the Macbook pro as a whole is a good laptop, I would have to disagree that its hardware components are far superior compared to Dell or other PC counter parts - it's the same hardware after all.
While I agree that silicon chips are not going anywhere soon, there are applications where they are not the most suitable to use. Most of the critical infrastructure that powers most advanced nations today utilize silicon chips in one way or another. Strategically planned attacks on such infrastructure that utilize EM pulses could seriously cause widespread disruption. I'd like to see new technology that is resistant to such attacks. I believe carbon nanotube based technology is resistant to EM pulses.
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Sorry to burst your bubble but I just took apart 2 macbook pros over the weekend, to see exactly what the hype over the hardware is all about. Besides the well engineered layout of the mobo, there is nothing special about the components that apple uses. They use the same Samsung/Micron DDR2 memory module as Dell, Lenovo and other vendors. They use the same Hitachi hard drives, which from my experience is inferior compared to Seagate drives (Thought I have heard that some macbooks do come with seagate drives). The processor is the same Intel processor as everyone else. So while the Macbook pro as a whole is a good laptop, I would have to disagree that its hardware components are far superior compared to Dell or other PC counter parts - it's the same hardware after all.
Crazy?... I don't think so! I second that. Those crazy fox commercials have got to end!
While I agree that silicon chips are not going anywhere soon, there are applications where they are not the most suitable to use. Most of the critical infrastructure that powers most advanced nations today utilize silicon chips in one way or another. Strategically planned attacks on such infrastructure that utilize EM pulses could seriously cause widespread disruption. I'd like to see new technology that is resistant to such attacks. I believe carbon nanotube based technology is resistant to EM pulses.