Originally posted by Lyle
Sigh... OK.
Fair point on the difference in video RAM, I hadn't picked up on that. I also now see that the maximum resolution is 1024x768, which displeases me. But moving on, at the Gateway Store, I did ask them to spec it out with a Linksys 802.11g wireless card, which adds $70 to the price. So added to the $1700 base price, that brings us to about $1770, not $2199. I'm not arguing with your math, but what other options did you "outfit" the Gateway with to bring it on par with the TiBook?
Well, first you need to add in an
onsite support package, which is included with Applecare...
Then, I added Windows XP Professional which I assume everyone here would want
😉 and an extra life battery to help it match up with the 5 hours of battery life you'll get with the TiBook...
I forgot to add the Movie Creator deal and Photoshop Elements for $190 bucks so it would have the same iMovie and iPhoto-like capabilities...and all that together comes to $2289.
Another place where I messed up in my first post is my figure for the TiBook...I didn't add in the AppleCare package...which takes that to $2948.
So a difference of about $650...
Originally posted by Lyle
OK, I'll assume that there's no sarcasm buried last comment 😉
I can't let you do that...it was loaded with sarcasm...
canned Apple-User sarcasm 😉
Originally posted by Lyle
Yes, I thought as far as Gateway's offerings go, this one was roughly the equivalent of the TiBook. And if I do end up buying an Intel/AMD-based notebook of some kind, it's my intention to dual boot Windows and Linux, as I'm doing more and more of my work under Linux these days anyways.
As noted in some of my previous post(s), I am not hung up on the difference in processor speed. But (by my reckoning) a $1000 price difference for "technologically equivalent" systems is tough to justify. The question for me, then, is whether the increased productivity and the (admittedly subjective) aesthetic advantages of being able to run Mac OS X are worth this price premium.
Going beyond the specs...let's look at the measurements for the 400XL (or most comparable PC laptops for that matter)
Dimensions
13.15(W) x 10.83(D) x 1.68(H) compared to 13.4"(W) x 9.5"(D) x 1"(H) for the TiBook
Weight
7.53 lbs compared to 5.4 for the TiBook
To me...(and we all know about opinions
🙂 ) the TiBook is just more refined. As
Rower, and many others who use Windows regularly have, stated, OSX is a much more, MUCH MORE stable OS and the applications written for the Mac tend to be more stable and benefit more greatly from the efficiency of the OS...namely advanced memory management.
Having used OSX from the get go, and having used Windows for years prior to that I can say (with education
😉) that Windows doesn't compare to OSX. It's like using a Wal-Mart house painting brush to make an oil painting versus a Winsor-Newton. Again...it's just more refined. Is that worth $700?...I think it is...versus not having the hassle of Windows, etc. (insert standard antiWindows argument here
😉) but in the end you have to make that decision for yourself according to your or your company's needs.
But for some to say the 15" doesn't compare or can't compete with most laptops
in it's middle-class field is just not accurate.
And thanks for being one of the level headed debaters in this monster thread. Healthy, even heated debate is good for all sides I think. It's when some folks take it personal and resort to name calling because they have a weak argument that the debate stops. Am I passionate about Apple? Oh yeah! (for reasons listed in my many other pro-Apple posts) Am I unwilling to hear the speech of criticizers or (gasp
😱 )
Pro Windows people...nope...gives me a chance to show them a better, brighter pathway to computer enlightenment
😉
And speaking of bright futures...
Originally posted by Brother Mugga
Hey troops; check out the latest site update.
50% of sales went to new Mac users.
Blimey.
No-one seems to have picked up on it on the other thread (so clearly I've barged in in my usual juvenille manner...).
Although I've been following Mac sites for about 18 months [ever since I almost put my PC (rather ironically) through the window (for the fourth time in one day) and decided to switch] I have no idea about whether this '50%' figure is par for the course or a cause celebre. Any insight?
Year of the laptop,
indeeeeed 😀
Celebrate on, Brother...
celebrate onnnn!
edited to add TiBook measurement comments