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TheRealMafoo on 09 April 2010
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mirgro said:
TheRealMafoo said:
mirgro said:
TheRealMafoo said:
mirgro said:

I see what you are saying and I like your car analogy. However this is where I get stuck. Copyright laws aside of course.

Using the car analogy, you have something along the lines of a self-built Ferrari to Apple's Honda for the same price. I mean yes, the Honda will be much better in conserving gas and may have more luxury features, like cup holders, than your Ferrari, but I would be hard pressed to think of a single person who would take the Honda over the Ferrari at the same price. Hell, make it one of those Lexuses that comes with things that park for you, and I'd still be hardpressed to find people to take Apple's car over the self made Ferrari.

In my car analogy, the Mac Book Pro was the Ferrari, and almost every other laptop was the honda. 

Considering you can build very powerful machines for the same amount of money you can buy an ok mac, I'd put the ferrari firmly in the non-mac corner and the one with all the random luxury items in the Apple corner.

For your "Apple fanboys just buying a name" argument, we are talking laptops. No one makes there own laptop.

 

Ah alright, however all that holds true still. I can buy a notebook of greater power than I can an Apple for the same price.

If that's the only definition of a good laptop, then you're right. For millions of people, that's not the only definition.

back to the car analogy. I can buy a Dodge Viper that does about 200 mph. This is faster then some Ferrari's, and a lot cheeper. It doesn't make the Dodge a better car.

If I was going to buy a laptop today, it would not be a Mac Book Pro, but that's because what makes it great, I don't need anymore. When I bought the one I am typing this on, it was 4 years ago. Back then, I travled every week. I needed a webcam (most laptops 4 years ago didn't have them), I needed a back light keyboard, I wanted something rugged, light weight for its size, and had long enough battery life so I could work on a 3 hour flight. Being I am a .Net Developer, I need a lot of screen. the 1650x1050 screen on this was very hard to find 4 years ago. The closest laptop to this one, was a Dell that failed on every level compared, and cost $300 more.

If that was still my lifestyle, there is no equal to the Mac Book Pro. I would buy another one in a second.

Now it just sits on my kitchen counter, as I rarely fly. So, less need for what makes this great. I most likely would replace this with an HP or something, as it never goes anywhere, and the HP's are half the cost.

However, thanks to how great this laptop is, I am still probably 3 yours out before I replace it. And, if I sold it today, I would get about $1,000 for it. I wonder what the Dell that cost $300 more sells for today? ;)