i went o highschool and college have a bfa, and i didnt say you worked for them, but with them. i dont really care the image i project here since posting here is more a hobby. i do know about the size limitation, but also know you pack the fonts in at that size for less than that, and if you want to preserve the look, you just want outlined fonts which take up less space and marginalize the risk of text being jumbled by a browser reading them wrong, as i said, i dont know why you have a job, it seems redundent, unless youjust check eveything out before it gets used to make sure its functioning good QA guys do deserve good pay errors are nice to know of before they reach the masses and embarrass a client 

honestly though i let you in, ive become disatisfied with my field, and think im going to move to computer science when i get my masters, as i have enjoyed working part time as a sys admin more, much more relaxing and not that difference in pay, though going back to college will be expensive and i dread TAing 

um the adobe reader is free ware  why list it? apple has that built into the os or you can download it. also mac has 1 year hardware, and mac has a roxio cd creator equivelent built in. and once again we acknowledge that end of life macs are not the deals that new macs are. we concede that, but new macs are a very good deal, often better or equivelent to pc vendor offerings

i would have to say it is bossy, but there is a tab and button, where you can permently ask not be informed of updates, unless required for other software, (some quicktime updates have to be run for itunes to run properly) but it is the same on the mac, all you have to do is change your configuration

It was a lazy screen grab of a quote off of Dell.com. But it was for a XPS 1530 for $1250. I was trying to match it up with what I bought last month for $900 with a coupon. I did a lot of research and put lots of thought into my decision to go with a Dell over an Apple. Had to respond to someone blindly spouting crap like a gullible apple fan boy.


from dell.com:

The battery is 2-4hours.

Dimensions :
Weight: 5.78 lbs9 (2.62 kg)
Width: 14.06" (357 mm)
Height: 0.93" - 1.38" (23.7 mm - 35.1 mm wedge)
Depth: 10.34" (263 mm)


Soooo...

Dell is less then an 1" at its thinnest and 1.38" at thickest. The mac is a flat 1".

width x depth Apple 14.1" x 9.6" vs Dell 14" x 10.3"

Apple 5.4 lbs vs Dell 5.7 lbs

colors available Dell 4 vs Mac 1









@bitmap - they call it a Macbook Pro on apple.com

The Tom's article was comparing the price of a MacPro, not MacBook Pro. MacPro is a desktop machine.

BTW, currently the 1999$ MacBook Pro ships with a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPU with 256 MB, so they've upped the performance, it seems. Also, from apple.com, the 15" MBP has a battery life up to 5 hours with WiFi, so it's somewhat better than the Dell in that regard. Anyway, the Dell is clearly cheaper, and that's a big factor obviously. 750$ is a lot of money, and not everybody thinks the MBP is worth that much more.

Many people buy macs for many different reasons. None of them are right (in an absolute sense), its the right choice for them however, at least at that point in time. I know many people that have converted for varying reasons. I'll list a few.

1: Frustration with windows. Many people I know have developed a hatred of windows over the years, mac osx is the most obvious platform to move to in regards to them (thanks to how apple positions its brand and positive word of mouth).

2: Exclusive software. Software like final cut etc is very well made and have lured many content creators I know away from windows.

3: Great aesthetics. Face it macs look great, things that look good sell well in a culture thats image obsessed. This is helped by the ipods ubiquity.

4: Great cross platform compatibility. Macs can run both windows and osx, you get the best of both world wilst not being denied the ability to play pc games.

Not once has my argument ventured into, price, components etc. Because people aren't moving over to macs because they're faster or cheaper. Apple's marketing has been successful, they have well designed pc (on the inside and out), they can run windows, they made the ipod, they designed some nice software and its easy enough to use and learn. Macs have a higher perceived value as a platform, they have the perception of being superior, whereas for many windows conjures up images of frustration and virus's (fairly or not). I've been around tech circles long enough to understand that not one piece of tech is for everyone, whilst macs are my preferred platform atm others may need windows as much as I need to use macs at this point in time. But macs nevertheless are becoming more popular then ever and its mainly because apple is very good at managing its brand image.

I agree with you completely, you echo my thoughts end sentiments. Unfortunately for us level headed mac owners, there are mac-zealots who are far more visible in their crusade for Apple than the masses of sensible, happy mac users. As for your points, I'd like to add to the exclusive software that Apple is, IMO, very aggressive in their pricing. Their software prices are very reasonable, and sometimes even cheap when compared to the alternatives. Standard retail price for the iWork'08 is $79, MS Office Mac 2008 is $399.95. Of course, Office is IMO offering more, mainly because of Excel, but the price difference is really quite astounding.