I've tried almost every brand, and every windows OS, and just don't like them. Does that make me or anyone like me fanboys?
No at all, the other option is 'insignificant minority'.
As soon as you stop regarding a computer, hardware or software, as a tool it becomes either evangelism, 'lifestyle choices' or both. Neither of which is conductive to making objective statements.
5) No iWork (= having to fork out for and use MS Office)
Might just be me but I find OpenOffice superior to both. And free. *shrug*
Of course I write papers in LaTeX anyway but sometimes it's handy to open obscure file formats or print images to file for boxing and inclusion as EPS graphics.
I don't know why every Windows laptop must ship with a nasty 1990's style VGA port.
VGA and HDMI is the absolutely best combination of ports there are for those that use their notebooks for actual work, as opposed to looking good at the local coffee shop.
Most projectors and older displays still use VGA while more modern ones rely on HDMI.
DisplayPort, on the other hand, is debatable on technical merits but pretty much a propriety Apple port as far as consumer devices go. I'm aware of
one non-Apple product that uses it and the adapters aren't just an inconvenience but quite expensive as well.
(To avoid confusion here, I'm well aware that DisplayPort is an open standard. It's just not
used by anyone outside Apple.)
It's not $4500, that's the signature edition which is a limited edition item for people with more money than sense.
It's $2600 or thereabouts and quite frankly worth it with those specs, the only thing missing is USB 3.
Check out that ugly vga port on the side too..uuuggghhh...
I call that '$100 saved on not having to buy an adapter for what amounts to an Apple-only interface when connecting to a projector'.
Of course usb is better than vga, because it's far more practical and has far more applications. And unless usb 3.0 becomes mainstream really soon, firewire still completely trumps usb 2.0 in terms of technical design and transfer rates hence it's the de facto standard in pro music devices say.
So let me get this straight...
USB is better than VGA because it's more versatile? Not that I feel it's a vaild comparison due to the nature of the ports but alright.
Firewire, however, is better than USB 2 on technical merits despite being significantly inferior in versatility even to VGA?
No offense but there's not much you can do at this point, whether intentional or not your arguments read as carbon-copies from the gospel of Jobs. If Apple uses it it's good, if not it's of the devil.
Arguably VGA is of lesser importance in a consumer- and aesthetics-centric notebook like the MBP, I'll buy that, but turning the argument around completely by then supporting Firewire on entirely opposing merits makes no sense at all.
