the cost?<br>
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I almost bought a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with almost the exact same specs
as the Mac (13.3" macbook vs 14.1" thinkpad). And the Mac was a few
dollars cheaper. I picked a Mac because the fit, finish, and the sturdiness. I can also dual boot Linux or run VMWare Fusion/Parallels/VirtualBox.<br><br>Unfortunately it seems Linux has not caught up with the innovative things manufacturers are doing with notebooks these days:<br>
<br>- two graphic chipsets and when the gpu usage exceeds x percentage switch to the more powerful chip set<br>- much of the power management is not up to par either.<br><br>That being said if I didn't like OSX I would have installed Linux and lived with the pain of waiting for it to catch up as I have for so many years :)<br>
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The main reason I decided against the Thinkpad was because they are NOT
built like they used to be. They are more flimsy now, the flex in the
hand rest and keyboard is unbelievable. The Lenovo t60's closer represented the manufacturing practices of IBM, but it now appears Lenovo is not interested in upholding the Thinkpad reputation.<br>
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the durability?<br>
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Have you seen the new macbooks? The unibody is built from one solid
piece of aluminium (the video on <a href="http://apple.ca">apple.ca</a> is very neat). I cannot
speak for any specific details on durability, but it feels more sturdy
than any laptop I have owned. My sister has had her plastic macbook for 5 years now and is only buying a new one because she spilled water all over it.<br><br>They have also made upgrading hard
drives and ram / replacing the battery very simple.<br>
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As someone who has run Linux as his primary workstation for well over a
decade and has just recently (1 week) owned a Mac, I say if you are looking to spend more than 1300$ on a laptop go for it! <br><br>--kyleo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:23 PM, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arifsaha-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">arifsaha@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, I. Khider wrote:<br>
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1) Cost. Mac's are expensive compared to PC's.<br>
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You should compare with comparable non-Mac. In my observation, Mac price is comparable to non-Mac with the same perfomance, reliability, and durability.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
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2) Durability. Mac's are not the most durable machines.<br>
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Compare to what? As I said, in my observation Mac machines is at least as durable to PC to in the same price point. Off course you won't compare a Mac to a rugged computer.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
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That said, I believe a PC with Linux installed and a knowledgeable user can come up with something just as good at 1) less cost 2) more durability--hence more value.<br>
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Less cost yes, but with less durability. Or more durability, with more cost.<br>
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I am not talking about the OS at all here, just hardware.<br>
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I think the point is, Mac is good machine for general purpose (nothing about media development), however, they don't have much choices. Some computer requirements are not provided by Mac. But for many computer requirements which are provided by Mac, Mac is a good deal.<div>
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