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Posted by DJ RANN on Oct-29-2010 18:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Fledz
Yea except for the fact that I've had an XPS before that lasted for 4 years without fail.
I'm happy that you're on the Apple overpriced bandwagon and need everything handed to you on a silver platter. I really am

It's true the XPS are far better laptops than the standard dells (which are frankly no better than any cheap laptop out there).

I'm not sure about the apple thing though, the macbooks and MBP are good computers and at least here in the states, good value for money, but it seems in Australia and the UK you get fucked on cost.

Posted by n3lly on Oct-29-2010 19:28:

Mid Range MBP.
XE.com tells me the macbook pro i'd want to get if i were to get another one would cost me �1438 in America. The equivalent WOWSERS.. lol i was writing this post as i was checking the prices as I thought I remembered the price being around the 1799 mark but maybe I just had the wrong figure in my head as it's �1999.

That's a 39% increase buying that machine in Ireland.

With an educational discount i could get that down to �1799. Still pretty ridiculous.

UK prices,
American cost : �1248 (in sterling xe.com)
UK cost: �1649
32% increase.

Posted by Fledz on Oct-30-2010 02:32:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RANN
It's true the XPS are far better laptops than the standard dells (which are frankly no better than any cheap laptop out there).

Of course. No point going with a base model after all.
At the end of the day, machines can be fickle. Whether it's a car, computer, tv or anything else. Nobody with an educated opinion and experience buys something and expects it to work without fail.

Posted by HektiK- on Nov-03-2010 16:30:

macbook pro 15' 1.66

Posted by Movendi on Nov-10-2010 06:05:

I bought a sony vaio z and kicks the absolute shit over MBP's. It's got more grunt than any laptop on the market, has an excellent design, IS LIGHT (3 lbs! = 1.3kg) that's almost as light as a mac air with a lot more power than a MPB.
It's sexy as all hell and the perfect size for uni, djing, work because the resolution can be 1600x1200 or 1920x1200 as well as SSD harddrives bluray core i5/i7.

The mac sack riders somehow follow this idea that mac's are seamless and easy to set up. I guess they haven't tried windows 7 but it is piss easy to set up and you don't have to worry about drivers or even the many incompatability software issues you get with mac. It's the best investment i ever made in regards to technology and i couldn't possibly consider any alternative. Try it out in a sony store and see what i mean. You can see the Japanese engineering really take pride in their design from a technical and aesthetic standpoint.

I also got to mention that this thing is a bloody tank! I have dropped it clumsily 4 times on CONCRETE from my van drivers seat (5ft) and i shat myself every single time it dropped. Yes i know i should take better care with a pricey gadget but it somehow miracously doesn't even show any signs of damage except for some of the stainless steel that got chipped away from the impact. Seriously this thing is like the technics 1200 of the laptop world. Nothing can beat it. Nothing.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Nov-10-2010 11:55:

and runs windows

just kidding man.

Posted by skip on Nov-10-2010 13:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Movendi
I bought a sony vaio z and kicks the absolute shit over MBP's. It's got more grunt than any laptop on the market, has an excellent design, IS LIGHT (3 lbs! = 1.3kg) that's almost as light as a mac air with a lot more power than a MPB.
It's sexy as all hell and the perfect size for uni, djing, work because the resolution can be 1600x1200 or 1920x1200 as well as SSD harddrives bluray core i5/i7.

The mac sack riders somehow follow this idea that mac's are seamless and easy to set up. I guess they haven't tried windows 7 but it is piss easy to set up and you don't have to worry about drivers or even the many incompatability software issues you get with mac. It's the best investment i ever made in regards to technology and i couldn't possibly consider any alternative. Try it out in a sony store and see what i mean. You can see the Japanese engineering really take pride in their design from a technical and aesthetic standpoint.

I also got to mention that this thing is a bloody tank! I have dropped it clumsily 4 times on CONCRETE from my van drivers seat (5ft) and i shat myself every single time it dropped. Yes i know i should take better care with a pricey gadget but it somehow miracously doesn't even show any signs of damage except for some of the stainless steel that got chipped away from the impact. Seriously this thing is like the technics 1200 of the laptop world. Nothing can beat it. Nothing.

What's with the Mac hostility?

Vaio Z looks like a nice Windows laptop (which isn't too common in my experience at least). It's mad expensive though. SSD is very nice, but I couldn't manage with a 256 GB one. I need at least 500 GB internal storage and thus have to settle for HDDs for now, even though they're dead fucking slow compared to SSD. Can't wait for the future!

I haven't got any experience on Windows 7. Got no real interest in it either. OS X is far from perfect, but I'm still quite satisfied with it.

How's the battery life on that Vaio btw? That's one aspect where Macs usually trump Windows laptops for some reason (and I can't understand why).

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