$999 Macbook:
- 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 13in screen
- 2GB DDR3 memory
- 250GB hard drive1
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M
$750 Acer:
- 2GHz Phenom 2 Quad
- 17in screen
- 4GB DDR3 memory
- 500GB hard drive1
- Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (a lot faster than Geforce 320M
performance is shot when it's not plugged in, so let's not include battery life as an issue.
Double cores, RAM, hard drive space and video card performance, 4in more screen space.
I can't tell if you're both illiterate or trolling. I ask for a 13" screen and get a 17" one. I say battery life is very important to me, and you say "needs to be plugged in".here is one
and another
and one more
Those aren't even really good deals. You can get ridiculous good refurbs from dell outlet with discounts on top of that. I had a buddy just get one for 380 shipped to his door. i3 4gb ram all that jizz. If you really want ten hours of battery you can customize them wherever you want. Although i never see a practical use for it.
Apples are incredibly overrated and overpriced.
Screen real estate depends on resolution, not size. I'm not sure why you consider a larger laptop to be a positive.13in screen = haha at screen real estate
10 hour battery life = yeah, because the screen is small and the video card isn't so great.
Video power to play TF2/L4D = Both of them should run on nearly any dedicated card
Ram and CPU to run all of Adobe at once = so do all the other laptops have 4gb of RAM nowadays, and Macbooks are dualcore while a lot are quadcore around $1000
Well, chalk it up to me for not having a deep wallet; I am incredibly biased because of the premiums.
Yeah, the UL30JT is actually the one I was looking at rather than the U30JC. Unfortunately I had no idea when they'd launch it in Canada (took forever for the US) and being unable to try it out for myself was annoying me. The MacBook Pro offer was ending soon, had a much better screen (good for graphics work, showing off how a project looks) and wasn't too much more so I bit the bullet. I was hearing decent things about the Acer Timeline series too.While good laptops, those have either too large of a screen/short battery life/just as pricey as apple.
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-u30jc-a1/4505-3121_7-34043767.html
That would be your best choice Firestorm.
I mentioned they weren't the best deals you could find but they were all under the $1000 range spectrum. Also i had listed one with a 14 inch screen which is hardly different from 13. I addressed the battery issue as well. You normally have the option to upgrade your battery when constructing your computer. They are all cheaper than the apple equivalent as well. so....i'm not sure if you even looked at my post.While good laptops, those have either too large of a screen/short battery life/just as pricey as apple.
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-u30jc-a1/4505-3121_7-34043767.html
That would be your best choice Firestorm.
Dell lets you construct your computer, Best Buy does not. The Dell one you linked to actually doesn't let you change your battery although they often do - probably because it's a promotional item. A larger battery would put it over the price of the MacBook Pro while offering less of what I want and only run one OS rather than two.I mentioned they weren't the best deals you could find but they were all under the $1000 range spectrum. Also i had listed one with a 14 inch screen which is hardly different from 13. I addressed the battery issue as well. You normally have the option to upgrade your battery when constructing your computer. They are all cheaper than the apple equivalent as well. so....i'm not sure if you even looked at my post.
You can buy a bigger or extra gateway battery outside of best buy. Which that laptop was only around 600. And besides that i'm listing general laptops. I already mentioned dell outlet has ridiculously cheap laptops if you spend two seconds to look. I was just showing a quick roundup of laptops with simliar if not better specs for cheaper.Dell lets you construct your computer, Best Buy does not. The Dell one you linked to actually doesn't let you change your battery although they often do - probably because it's a promotional item. A larger battery would put it over the price of the MacBook Pro while offering less of what I want and only run one OS rather than two.
How do those laptops not outspec the pro? You didn't say anything besides they are different. it has a better battery and that's about it. For the price you pay that just isn't worth it to me at all. When i can have more hard drive space a better processor and better resolution for much less i don't see how it's blinded by apple hate.Okay wow, some of you anti-Apple boys are just as bad as Apple fanboys. Especially that user who linked to a gateway and Dell laptop as if somehow that is just the same as a Macbook Pro.
You can't compare on specs alone guys, build quality also goes into it. Any claims that Apple is all "style over substance" is frankly bullshit. Apple is if anything, style and substance.
Like I said before, there is no doubt an Apple tax but Apple isn't chargely a lot for shitty products either. There Macbooks are great. I don't know why we're arguing this any further, anyone who disagrees that a Macbook is a good laptop is just being blinded by Apple hate.
The only laptop I can see being comparable to the Macbook Pro would be the Sony VAIO Z-series and we know how expensive that is.
Apple is more or less a "safe choice" for the consumer that doesn't want to discern specs and learn exactly what computer would be good for their needs. It's the main reason why for any student that can afford it reviewers recommend it for them over PCs.
What's wrong with a 13" screen? 17" laptops are FUCKING HUGE and I don't even like toting around a 15". My 13" MacBook Pro was great for portability (though I still didn't really take it anywhere with me). You're completely right about Apple overpricing for their hardware. If all you care about are specs, then obviously Apple isn't going to be your thing. After owning a MacBook Pro for a year, if I ever buy another laptop it's going to be a Mac.13in screen = haha at screen real estate
10 hour battery life = yeah, because the screen is small and the video card isn't so great.
Video power to play TF2/L4D = Both of them should run on nearly any dedicated card
Ram and CPU to run all of Adobe at once = so do all the other laptops have 4gb of RAM nowadays, and Macbooks are dualcore while a lot are quadcore around $1000
Well, chalk it up to me for not having a deep wallet; I am incredibly biased because of the premiums.
Perhaps poorly worded but the point was mac hardly has substance. It is a complete style choice for way way too much. They are oustsubstanced in every worthwhile category. Why do you even want two os's? and 7 can run xp inside of it.Yeah, I've heard great things about the Timeline series as well (screen quality isn't there, but the rest are). Unfortunately, haven't seen any in Canada on the smaller side. Only the 15.6" one which is too big for me =/ It was Asus vs Apple and Asus is taking waaaay too long to release their stuff and their communication on the situation has been terrible.
Son of Disaster, reading comprehension. Much like you missed my point about the essentials in my post, you're skipping his post. He didn't say the MacBook Pro outspec'd those. In some regards (CPU, HDD, GPU) they don't. In others, they're equal or better. It depends on what you need from a laptop. Most people buying a laptop don't need the better CPU and GPU. More HDD space is always nice of course, but that's really the only positive for a good portion of the population. This is why netbooks are becoming more and more popular.