This is the bad boy of the lot!!!
Completely classic, dont even know how to descibe it!!!
Beyond words.
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PC laptops are UGLY
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Beyond words.
The differences would be that small if you loaded it with all the options which don't exist on the Apple side
In fact, if you're talking purely price a Vostro 1700 with an 17" MBP - matching / beating spec is about a thousand dollars cheaper before discounts on each side if you qualify, and that's with the superior (and more expensive) Office on the Windows side against iWork, and 3-year onsite warranty plus accidental damage insurance as opposed to the 3-year send-away Applecare.
While some bizarrely don't seem to mind a 1-2 week wait for their machines to be fixed or to travel to worship at the altars of the Apple Store, I'll take the onsite visits and damage insurance, thank you very much. Besides, given Dell's range comparing an Inspiron against an MBP is perhaps rather typically 'misinformed consumer'.
For some, price is not really a concern, but a balance of all the desirable attributes in a portable computer - reliability, portability, versatility, power and support as well as aesthetics if it doesn't overrule the other attributes - is what's required. And the sole reason I even considered buying more MBP's is that I use an OS X based client-side software. However, we're starting to look into a Linux port of it so who knows how long the MBP's will last, both in the sense of holding up to use and also in terms of surviving early retirement in favour of better machines from... well, virtually everyone else who makes laptops at the Apple's price points
Observe the HP nx9420 that I was happily using last year after ditching the 17" MBP as my main transportable desktop - a laptop with virtually the same innards as the MBP, but cooler running and more stable, and better built despite the plastic case.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/picture_library/dir_96/it_portal_pic_48310.jpg
I can tell you I was getting a lot more work done on that thing (actually on my lap) than the MBP. Don't knock it until you've tried it, it works as well as a centered trackpad in reality on a machine of the 17-incher's width.
I'm not disputing the Dell is as ugly as &%*$... because it is, but I'm also saying that looks aren't everything - especially in laptops which rival the MBP for style - Unless you're an Apple user, maybe.
There are a few well designed PC notebooks on the market but to me, the most important reason that Apple is such an attractive choice is its OS -- and this is coming from a lifetime PC/Win user.
There is also a shed load of awful looking ones!!! Hideous looking ones, ones you cant even understand how they work because they have a keyboard, then another keyboard of other controls attached to that, with some other grill or control pad attached to that, with every different sticker attached to that, then with 80 odd flashing LED's surrounding the whole thing!!
Possibly getting a bit carried away here...
Another quality laptop brough to you by Santa Rosa:
I will be auctioning off this thing of beauty soon, so if anyone wants to place a bid early now is the time!!!
I will be auctioning off this thing of beauty soon, so if anyone wants to place a bid early now is the time!!!
For some, price is not really a concern, but a balance of all the desirable attributes in a portable computer - reliability, portability, versatility, power and support as well as aesthetics if it doesn't overrule the other attributes - is what's required. And the sole reason I even considered buying more MBP's is that I use an OS X based client-side software. However, we're starting to look into a Linux port of it so who knows how long the MBP's will last, both in the sense of holding up to use and also in terms of surviving early retirement in favour of better machines from... well, virtually everyone else who makes laptops at the Apple's price points
Well, a lot of the PC laptops aren't doing very well in the portability and maybe versatility department with their 2 inch thick, 10+pound design
. Btw, 2.4ghz, 4gb ram, 250gb hd, 8600M GT, I don't see how the mbp can improve save for the GPU. Unless its one of those monstrous laptops that have 2 hds.
Well, a lot of the PC laptops aren't doing very well in the portability and maybe versatility department with their 2 inch thick, 10+pound design
I realise that unless it's got a shiny Apple logo and a simple name you may be ill equipped to tell the difference between them all, but I think you may be talking about gaming laptops - you know, those with performance that some Apple desktops struggle to compete with.
There is also a shed load of awful looking ones!!! Hideous looking ones, ones you cant even understand how they work because they have a keyboard, then another keyboard of other controls attached to that, with some other grill or control pad attached to that, with every different sticker attached to that, then with 80 odd flashing LED's surrounding the whole thing!!
Possibly getting a bit carried away here...
lol...you think? But, yeah, I know what you mean. But if you don't have a good product, add bling and it'll sell. I think that is the motto of most PC manufacturers.
Im happy for you that it is the solution that works for you.
And I aint knocking anything I havent tried, I have used many notebooks in my time with the wonky trackpad placement. In the end it doesnt make any odds where the trackpad is placed, it makes virtually no difference when using the laptop.
If you havent noticed this thread isnt about ease of laptop use its about ugly laptops. The Macbook Pro has the trackpad in the centre, its pleasing to look at it being cymetrical. My last laptop wasnt and it annoyed me something terrible.
So with this thread being about ugly laptops, the one in the link IMHO is quite frankly butt ugly, but if it does the job for you then great.