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Laptop Hunters - (The untold story).

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TeeJayEm

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So, i was checking my gmail today and i saw an ad of a new dell notebook. Out of curiosity, i clicked the ad to check out this laptop to find their base model is $1999. I thought it was pretty expensive for a laptop but i started thinking about these "laptop hunter's" commercials and i wanted to know exactly how it compared to a macbook.

So i went to the apple store site and selected the base macbook (aluminum model). I then upgraded the drive to a 128gb solid state drive. I was suprised to see that the macbook i configured was $200 cheaper than the dell laptop. Also, the macbook laptop had an 800mhz processor than the dell and the memory in the macbook is 266mhz faster. Now, i'm no hardware tech or anything like that; But, i believe i matched up the specs on both laptops as close as possible.

It just goes to show that people claim apple is so overpriced but when you get the hardware that matches you'll see apple is very competitive. (i know i'm preaching to the choir, but i thought it was interesting)
 
wow thats actually hilarious. i just love the fact that all of the laptop hunters ads were made on macs :D

Do you reckon apple use pc's for ANYTHING in cupertino ?
 
You probably got an email for the Dell Adamo which is more akin to the MacBook Air since it also lacks an optical drive and is being touted as the ultra portable Dell machine.

Still, Macbook Air is what, $200 less than the Adamo base price. I haven't compared specs but just letting you know the Adamo and MacBook Air are essentially competing for the same market so it's a better comparison.

As for costs of Macs, well, I own one and never really felt the "bite" when it comes to cost. I have the 2.4ghz Macbook unibody (1500 with edu discount). I've owned a slew of laptops over the years including a DTR which ran over $1800 and was terrible build quality. So far the Macbook is the best one i've owned as far as hardware. I'm still making my way around the OS but I'm determined to never put Windows on it. Now if I could just figure out how to run flash embedded .exe's I'd be golden.
 
dejo said:
I reckon they have PCs so that they can develop QuickTime, Safari and iTunes for Windows.
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And also to update the Windows Mobile handheld they use in the stores (though they are phasing them out to replace them with iPod touches.)
 
maclover001 said:
They use WinMo handhelds in Stores? :eek:
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Yes they do, they use the Symbol device and whats even funnier is if you get one that has a cell phone (as I do for work) it's on Sprint.
The Apple stores in my area still use them but I guess they will be using iPod Touches soon.
 
Whether or not we want admit it, Macs are PCs.

Having a PC does not mean Windows is the OS that is being used.
 
TeeJayEm said:
So, i was checking my gmail today and i saw an ad of a new dell notebook. Out of curiosity, i clicked the ad to check out this laptop to find their base model is $1999. I thought it was pretty expensive for a laptop but i started thinking about these "laptop hunter's" commercials and i wanted to know exactly how it compared to a macbook.

So i went to the apple store site and selected the base macbook (aluminum model). I then upgraded the drive to a 128gb solid state drive. I was suprised to see that the macbook i configured was $200 cheaper than the dell laptop. Also, the macbook laptop had an 800mhz processor than the dell and the memory in the macbook is 266mhz faster. Now, i'm no hardware tech or anything like that; But, i believe i matched up the specs on both laptops as close as possible.

It just goes to show that people claim apple is so overpriced but when you get the hardware that matches you'll see apple is very competitive. (i know i'm preaching to the choir, but i thought it was interesting)
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Your also getting quality, my whitebook form 2007 has been horribly abused and i dont think my top of the line 1200 dollar gateway could handle apples quality (from my experience) far surpasses any pc especially a dell
 
TeeJayEm said:
It just goes to show that people claim apple is so overpriced but when you get the hardware that matches you'll see apple is very competitive. (i know i'm preaching to the choir, but i thought it was interesting)
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Apple is very competitive, hmm....

The latest advert was hardware that matched, that's why it was so good.

2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
320GB HDD
nVidia GeForce 9400M
13.3" Display

Dell (at Best Buy) = $972
Apple = $1774
 
neiltc13 said:
Apple is very competitive, hmm....

The latest advert was hardware that matched, that's why it was so good.

2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM
320GB HDD
nVidia GeForce 9400M
13.3" Display

Dell (at Best Buy) = $972
Apple = $1774
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How good will that Dell run in real life? My $1000 Dell was a slow P.O.S.
 
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