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Is It Actualy FAIR to Compare the Two?

April 18th 2008 18:49

WHY? WHY? Can someone please tell me just WHY? Why do people prefer Macs over PCs? Why do people want to pay $700 more for a system that is effectively half as powerful as that of a competitors.

The cheapest Macbook Pro on Apple.com.au is being sold for a whopping $2700, what does it come with? Lets see, 2gb RAM, 200GB hard drive, 15 inch widescreen monitor, 2.4ghz core 2 duo, and the infamous 'super drive' (i.e. dvd burner).

Now Dell on the other hand, for just $2000, is offering an XPS laptop with 4gb RAM, 320GB hard drive, 15.4" widescreen monitor, and a 2.5ghz Core 2 Duo plus a one year warranty thrown in for good measure.

In every single point the DELL completely oblibetrates the Macbook Pro, side by side:

DELL 2.5ghz vs. Macbook Pro 2.4ghz
DELL 4gb RAM vs. Macbook Pro 2gb RAM
DELL 15.4" Screen vs. Macbook Pro 15" Screen
DELL 320GB hard drive vs. Macbook Pro 200gb hard drive.

*DELL, Macbook Pro

HELLO!? Does anyone else not see the friggin price differences? The best equivalent for the Macbook Pro DELL is offering is a $1900 system that has one gigabyte of extra RAM (3gb) and 320gb hard drive, matches the Macbook Pro on all other points.

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DELL Debuts New Monitors

January 4th 2008 02:50

There's an unwritten law in technology that when we have reached a peak in any given field, where pushing any further would be plain silly, what should be upgarded is not the specs but the looks. My friends, we have reached that peak with monitor sizes, it is simply impractical to carry around a 30" LCD and call it a computer monitor. DELL is well aware of this as it discovers a new way to bleed the poor ass customer dry.

Introducing the Dell Crystal LCD Monitor.

Is it truly a revolution for monitors? No. Does it push any new technological boundaries? No. Does it look unbelievably cool, perhaps even something a Macaholic would be using? Yes.

There's no use pushing the tech, just pretty it up and sell it for a premium. There we go.

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Apple Shuts Down Blog

December 20th 2007 16:13

Apple has reached a confidential agreement with popular Mac Rumour website 'Think Secret' of which one of the conditions is the aforementioned website shuts down. Apparently Apple doesn't like the idea of blogs talking about their products before they are released. It seems to be ok though that there are dozens of analysts who do the same.

Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides. As part of the confidential settlement, no sources were revealed and Think Secret will no longer be published. Nick Ciarelli, Think Secret's publisher, said "I'm pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits."

Maybe Apple is just being a little too harsh to this one blog?

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Alienware Releases Most Powerful Laptop Ever (For the Next Two Weeks)

November 14th 2007 05:59

Alienware Laptop - Not so Cool, More like HOT

Call me crazy if you will but I fail to see the point of a laptop more powerful than most desktop computers selling for up to 50% more than other equally powerful desktop computers.

For something the battery will die in a matter of minutes - what with that sort of power consumption, for another you won't get near peak performance when not plugged in to a power output, so for that 15 minutes the damn thing is running you'll find you're not able to use it to its highest potential

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Cheap Computer Finds Market Niche - I Knew it!

November 14th 2007 05:40

Sometimes I wonder why people buy expensive computers. I've brought it up many-a-times in the past, if cheap computers were made available (as new) they would sell bucket loads.

The new Wal-Mart PC costing less than $200 but being able to do the typical word editing/internet surfing has been a huge hit and the first batch has sold out. Why? Well trust someone to spin this against Microsoft but personally I think it’s all about price vs. feature ratio

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Get the RSCPA on PC Worlds Ass!

October 30th 2007 18:46

Your Typical PC World Writer - Note Species and Typewriter

PC World have declared that the $2419 USD Mac Book Pro is the fastest Vista laptop they have ever tested which is, if anything, a clear indication the head honchos up at PC World HQ have been feeding illicit drugs to the monkeys who work for them.

The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac. Not a Dell, not a Toshiba, not even an Alienware. The $2419 (plus the price of a copy of Windows Vista, of course) MacBook Pro's PC WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 88 beats Gateway's E-265M by a single point, but the MacBook's score is far more impressive simply because Apple couldn't care less whether you run Windows

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It Just Works, Doesn't It?

October 15th 2007 00:51

If this was Microsoft they would have been torn apart by now, those SOBs get torn apart for some crazy bugs no one cares about yet Apple has been screwing over some of its customers quite sometime with a piece of software that doesn't work, where are the complaints?

Bootcamp on certain 24" iMacs (ones with outdated nVidia 7300/7600 videocards) doesn't work, in fact it hasn't been working since the launch of the iMac last year! Get this, Apple has been screwing over its customers with a buggy piece of crap software for the past year and no one has complained about it until now via this typical Apple fanboy blog post (typical in the sense it gives no sources and says it's a secret) showing off just how 'content' iMac users are

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Microsoft Brings 'Educational PCs' To India

September 14th 2007 14:48

Some claim Microsoft is using India as a testing ground to release a general OEM Microsoft PC (much like Apples ridiculously over priced range of Macs) but to me it screams of 'teaching impressionable young *Indian* kids to use Windows computers'.

The technology behind these education focused PCs is great, it allows for multiple mice to be connected to the one computer which obviously instantly multiplies the usability of any one PC by the number of mice it has. Unfortunately the computer itself seems to only have room for one display, so there will be a lot of multicoloured cursors on the monitor

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10 Megabyte Hard Disk

August 11th 2007 09:53

Gotta love the past...

10 Megabyte hard drive disk from the 80s

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The Expensive Mac

July 18th 2007 12:37

(All prices in AUD)

So I'm going to buy a new laptop, like always I have an annoying budget keeping me from buying the most ultimate of computers, just as well I'm not in the market for one, sticking to a maximum price of $1900 and not willing to budge above $2000 (if the deal is really good) I set out

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Classmate VS XO-1

May 21st 2007 16:31

This is quite an interesting battle, on the one hand we have Intel with its Intel Celeron M powered Classmate pitted against the XO-1 which is powered by an AMD chip. In terms of raw numbers it seems like Intel's Classmae is the clear winner.

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The Mighty Mouse is a "two button wonder"

April 12th 2007 09:16

I think one of the reasons PC users don't want to own a mac is because Apple treats its users as imbeciles. On the Mighty Mouse product page Apple declares it to be a 'two button wonder', my mouse has three buttons (scroll wheel clicks), does that make it the 'Mighty Mouse 2'?

A device so easy to use no one can use it, well almost, give it to some mac geeks who'll gawk over the Shuffle will love it to bits

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