Comments on: Give me a break. Microsoft isn’t cheaper than Apple. Dell might be, but Microsoft isn’t!

By: macgasm

macgasm — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:03 +0000

Frankly I'm surprised that you'd buy a Compaq laptop considering your experiences with your original Presario back in 94-95. ;)

By: macgasm

macgasm — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:51:56 +0000

I'm not sure that hiring an “actor” is really a “bad” thing. In today's day and age I almost expect anyone in an infomercial to have been paid for their services. But, I'm with you on Microsoft fighting the wrong War.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:02:24 +0000

Good point. I belive i actually paid 400 bucks for a copy of vista ultimate. Which I have downgraded back to xp.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Good point. I belive i actually paid 400 bucks for a copy of vista ultimate. Which I have downgraded back to xp.

By: Online Printing Sample

Online Printing Sample — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:45:39 +0000

Macbooks are really generally more expensive than Dell, Acer, etc. But for the price differences, I think its worth it to get the Mac. Their customer service is excellent. Plus performance wise, the Mac really outshines the competition. So it's all about what you're willing to invest.

By: Joshua M

Joshua M — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:15:06 +0000

For the main specs (spec for spec) the general Dell, Acer, Cpq, and other laptops are going to be cheaper than MacBooks, but it really isn't an apples for apples comparison (my apologies for the pun). You definitely get superior performance out of the Apple computers as well as the style factor. As an engineer that works in the industry, I see the “other specs” and you can make most of the specs say what you want them to. Look at all the specifications on a MacBook and then look at all the specifications on a high end laptop … it's the attention to detail (specs like height/pressure — not needed for the average person, but I like that they ensure robustness).
All I know is that my Compaq laptop that I bought appeared to be missing the “F” and “S” keys (after about 1 year), so I couldn't even properly curse at it's performance when writing reviews. My MacBook hasn't ever had a problem — it also doesn't get up to 45C (that's roughly 120F!) The fan was on so often my housemates called it “The Chopper” — The Chopper rests now though.
Also, with MacBook, I can now easily express how the performance of my “other” laptop was … It F&#@'in Sucked!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:43:48 +0000

The whole marketing campaign has been already proven to be complete bunk. Let's never mind the fact that she was a hired actress and not a “real person.” There have already been a hundred articles showing that the price difference is moot when you compare equal machine specs. For what you would get with a basic Mac you would have to pay nearly twice to get a PC to match in speed and storage. I agree completely that this “war” they are fighting doesn't even make sense….Microsoft doesn't make PCs! And anyway, all Microsoft is doing is insulting its own demographic by suggesting that people are too stupid to know all of this.