M P Smoak wrote:
On Saturday 10 March 2007 11:50 pm, david wrote:
Frank wrote:
david wrote:
carmen wrote:
On Fri Mar 09, 2007 at 07:43:00PM -1000, david wrote:
ljc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
hello list, i intend to buy a new laptop, and i'm undecided
<snip>
if Apple is selling a notebook for $1099 and HP is selling the
same thing for $599, i'd get the HP - call me crazy
HP is NOT selling the same quality as Apple. You get what you pay
for.
If you're in the habit of occasionally challenging your
preconceptions do this little experiment: Visit Dell, just for
convenience - or pick another if you wish, and configure a laptop
with the same features and specs as a MacBook Pro - ignore the
elegance of the OS and its heart of BSD...even ignore the
simplicity and speed with which it runs multiple GNU/Linux distros
in nothing more difficult or risky than a simple file constituting
a Parallels Desktop VM, and get back to us with either a
verification of your comparison factor or a new-found appreciation
for the value of opinions based upon verifiable facts.
My opinion of HP/Compaq is based on my verifiable experience with
them. Not a preconception.
My experience with Dell - having spent 11 years on a corporate Help
Desk during the time the corporation switched from IBM Thinkpads to
Dell laptops - is also based on facts. The number of hardware
problems reported to the help desk for Dell laptops was five times
higher than we had reported for the IBM laptops. Even OLD Thinkpads
had fewer problem reports than NEW Dell laptops.
That may have changed since IBM is no longer the quality determiner
for their old brand.
[snips]
For now I'll take an "old, outdated system" that works for me rather
than the latest, greatest.
I'm a bottom feeder when it comes to budget, so anything new I buy is
"old" technology! ;-)
--
David
gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
authenticity, honesty, community
