Macbook or Dell M1330?

[parthc007]

I don't get this, I got my 2.16 MacBook for 1,285 + tax. This is including 2GB ram from newegg.com

That is a little more then a couple of hundred bucks.

Actually I upgraded the RAM and the HDD(160 GB) and it comes out to 1629+tax...which is around 1870 or so!

 

[parthc007]

Multimedia multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3 inch - 2.16GHz
963
Dell XPS m1330
1017
Lenovo Thinkpad X61s
1326
Fujitsu Lifebook S2210
1655

Adobe Photoshop CS2 image-processing test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Dell XPS m1330
266
Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3 inch - 2.16GHz
276
Lenovo Thinkpad X61s
326
Fujitsu Lifebook S2210
404

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3 inch - 2.16GHz
137
Dell XPS m1330
195
Lenovo Thinkpad X61s
256
Fujitsu Lifebook S2210
301

DVD battery drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 13.3 inch - 2.16GHz
216
Lenovo Thinkpad X61s
189
Dell XPS m1330
143
Fujitsu Lifebook S2210
96


ENOUGH SAID!!! The above was taken from a review of the Dell XPS m1330 notebook.

MacBook Rules!!!!

Link please?

EDIT: Ignore the post please

 

[starlabs]

Um... let's take a closer look at the numbers: they're comparing a 2.16Ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook with a 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo Dell - not exactly running the same numbers

Just based on the rated Ghz above, it's a 8% difference...
Let's just look at the first test, the multimedia multitask. It took the Dell 1017 seconds; the MacBook 963 seconds. What if the Dell had a 2.16Ghz Core 2 Duo? Adjusted at 8% faster, it would theoretically complete that test in 1017*.92=935 seconds... faster or at least comparable to the MacBook.

The MacBook does beat the Dell on the iTunes encoding test but I don't know if they're using iTunes Mac OS X or iTunes Windows version on the MacBook.

So no, I wouldn't say the MacBook "rules"
Again... it depends on your needs.

 

[rhagen]

Except you have an integrated graphics card my friend

No game for you!

I am a college student, I don't have time for games anymore. I got school work and parties to attend.

 

[rhagen]

Actually I upgraded the RAM and the HDD(160 GB) and it comes out to 1629+tax...which is around 1870 or so!

Why the hell are you upgrading from apple. You spend 160 for 2 GB RAM while you can go to newegg.com get a 2 GB G.Skill setup for 80 bucks. Also the harddrive is a easy install now aswell. Save a lot of money do that too.