I reserve the right to jam cell phones in my property. If I had an establishment like a concert hall, auditorium, movie theater, etc., I would install cell phones jammers.
Jammers should not carry any penalty.
There are many, many examples of how the 'reviewer' has simply picked the wrong comparisons. Sony and Lenovo are notoriously expensive. Generic Dells are notoriously crappy.
We should compare Apple's products with products from other *major brand names*, which comes with similar (worse, really) support. So, please, it does not make much sense to compare a MacBook with an Asus.
And of course, where the Apple is deficient (e.g. hard disk space or RAM) the reviewer doesn't add the necessary upgrades at Apple's prices to make the price comparison fair, it simply ignores them.
What? Why would anyone buy RAM and hard disk from Apple? This should be added to both competitors at the same price, because that's what *I* will end up paying.
I can't link to it because of Dell's site, but for about $100 more Dell currently has an XPS 1330 which whips the Macbook in virtually every respect: much better graphics, much more RAM and HDD, significantly faster CPU, bigger battery, better connectivity, and so on. Mysteriously, the reviewer has instead selected a relatively poor quality Dell as a comparison point.
The reviewer has done a pretty good job at selecting the competitors. I looked at your XPS1330. The base versions have Intel X3100 integrated graphics, which is MUCH MUCH slower than the new NVIDIA graphics chip on the MacBook. So these are NOT really comparable machines. The only comparable one is the MOST expensive version, the XPS M1330 with NVIDIA 8400M graphics chips. Guess how much that is? $1449. AND:
- it only has a SLOW 667 MHz bus (vs. 1066 for the MacBook and Lenovo)
- it only uses DDR2 instead of DDR3 RAM
- it only has g wireless networking
HOW ON EARTH can you claim that this, more expensive, computer from Dell "whips the MacBook"?
How? This is not explained. Does "different class" mean "much cheaper?
No. Just take a simple look at those cheap PC laptops. THEY ARE LOOK LIKE CRAP. No one come even close to the MacBook in terms of quality of construction and fit and finish. Only some Sony look decent in comparison. Guess how much they are?
Why not pay whatever Apple charges for the same capacity? One of the biggest Apple gouges is when you add RAM or storage to their preconfigured systems. Ignoring this is not justified.
Yes, it is. Because I will not be buying those upgrades from Apple.
So, please show me a PC that is *cheaper* (and by this, I mean significantly cheaper, not just $100 or less) than the MacBook that has:
- 13.3 LED widescreen
- Core2Duo processor
- fast graphics (NO integrated Intel crap)
- digital video out
- integrated DVD burner
- decent looks
I will eat my hat if you find one, cuz the Dell XPS it isn't.
Doing scientific data analysis is Excel is intellectual masturbation.
I pithy some of my coworkers that do it just because they don't know anything better. Their plots invariably look horrible. (I did the same mistake in the past, writing my PhD thesis in Word....).
Once you discover better tools, there's not going back. Leave Excel to the accountants.
I have been using pro Fit (www.quansoft.com) for over 15 years. It's the BEST plotting/data analysis program around and its price is very reasonable.
Highly recommended.
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I reserve the right to jam cell phones in my property. If I had an establishment like a concert hall, auditorium, movie theater, etc., I would install cell phones jammers. Jammers should not carry any penalty.
on the trackpad. For all you morons who need it.
There are many, many examples of how the 'reviewer' has simply picked the wrong comparisons. Sony and Lenovo are notoriously expensive. Generic Dells are notoriously crappy.
We should compare Apple's products with products from other *major brand names*, which comes with similar (worse, really) support. So, please, it does not make much sense to compare a MacBook with an Asus.
And of course, where the Apple is deficient (e.g. hard disk space or RAM) the reviewer doesn't add the necessary upgrades at Apple's prices to make the price comparison fair, it simply ignores them.
What? Why would anyone buy RAM and hard disk from Apple? This should be added to both competitors at the same price, because that's what *I* will end up paying.
I can't link to it because of Dell's site, but for about $100 more Dell currently has an XPS 1330 which whips the Macbook in virtually every respect: much better graphics, much more RAM and HDD, significantly faster CPU, bigger battery, better connectivity, and so on. Mysteriously, the reviewer has instead selected a relatively poor quality Dell as a comparison point.
The reviewer has done a pretty good job at selecting the competitors. I looked at your XPS1330. The base versions have Intel X3100 integrated graphics, which is MUCH MUCH slower than the new NVIDIA graphics chip on the MacBook. So these are NOT really comparable machines. The only comparable one is the MOST expensive version, the XPS M1330 with NVIDIA 8400M graphics chips. Guess how much that is? $1449. AND:
- it only has a SLOW 667 MHz bus (vs. 1066 for the MacBook and Lenovo)
- it only uses DDR2 instead of DDR3 RAM
- it only has g wireless networking
HOW ON EARTH can you claim that this, more expensive, computer from Dell "whips the MacBook"?
How? This is not explained. Does "different class" mean "much cheaper?
No. Just take a simple look at those cheap PC laptops. THEY ARE LOOK LIKE CRAP. No one come even close to the MacBook in terms of quality of construction and fit and finish. Only some Sony look decent in comparison. Guess how much they are?
Why not pay whatever Apple charges for the same capacity? One of the biggest Apple gouges is when you add RAM or storage to their preconfigured systems. Ignoring this is not justified.
Yes, it is. Because I will not be buying those upgrades from Apple. So, please show me a PC that is *cheaper* (and by this, I mean significantly cheaper, not just $100 or less) than the MacBook that has:
- 13.3 LED widescreen
- Core2Duo processor
- fast graphics (NO integrated Intel crap)
- digital video out
- integrated DVD burner
- decent looks
I will eat my hat if you find one, cuz the Dell XPS it isn't.
Doing scientific data analysis is Excel is intellectual masturbation. I pithy some of my coworkers that do it just because they don't know anything better. Their plots invariably look horrible. (I did the same mistake in the past, writing my PhD thesis in Word....). Once you discover better tools, there's not going back. Leave Excel to the accountants.
I have been using pro Fit (www.quansoft.com) for over 15 years. It's the BEST plotting/data analysis program around and its price is very reasonable. Highly recommended.