On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 04:08:04PM +0400, Louigi Verona wrote: > I have never been a Mac user, but having taken part in all sorts of > discussions, I can say that > your question is too generally put for any meaningful comparison to take > place. A laptop is an > extremely complex combination of various parts and we really should specify > what means "compete" > here and what parameters we are comparing. > First of all, Apple *hardware* is little more than artsy copy-protection for Apple *software*. It's basically a commodity Intel motherboard in a fancy custom-designed case. If it runs Linux, then who cares? What I'd be more disdainful is people running OSX at a Linux conference. -ken --------- > > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, rosea.grammostola < > rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 00:24 +0200, Philipp wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure about the quality of the hardware, maybe it's decent, if > > > pricey, but apples policies sure aren't as good as they could be. > > > > I asked people about it. They say their Macbook Pro was more silent then > > any other laptop they got. Also the inner hardware seems to be good > > designed. > > > > All though I have to say that 85% of the people who are happy with their > > macbook seems to compare it with cheaper laptops. > > > > So the question is, is it really true what they say? Or are there > > laptops out there which can compete with Macbook Pro. > > > > \r > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user