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Who cares what some guy on Slashdot thinks? If I were a Windows geek I'd probably feel the same way about my friends buying Macs and expecting me to help when they melt down. I will admit that I get a little ticked off when my non-geek friends buy Windows machines and then expect me to help them when they melt down, but if you're willing to be responsible for the downsides of your choice, buy what *you* want. You aren't that person, and you might not make the same choice given the same constraints for a variety of reasons, but that doesn't mean that the person's choice was "bogus," or that their explanation is wrong. These aren't arguments-they're explanations for why the person making the explanation made the choice they made. My wife just got a 15", because she needs the extra screen real estate. I'd have to have a *really good reason* to spend the extra money for a 15" or 17"-not just to show off. I have a 13" MBP because I do not want the extra weight.
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And you buy the Mac that does what you need, if you buy a Mac.
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If you don't, you can buy whatever you want, Mac or non-Mac. "Argument?" "Bogus?" To whom? If you want a computer that runs MacOS, you buy a Mac. So the GP was exaggerating a bit but still there is a fairly steep premium for apple hardware and this is compounded by apple's very limited selection which means you often end up buying far more than you actually require.
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OTOH if you compare to the 15 inch vostro line (in PC laptops 15 inch models tend to be cheaper than equivilent 13 inch models) then things get cheaper still.
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If you compare to the 13 inch vostro 3300 with an i5-480M then a machine with similar specs (older processor family but higher clockspeed so probablly overall similar) is £559.00 plus VAT and shipping which will put the total arround £700. If you want a 15 inch machine with a quad core (there is no option for a 15 inch with a dual core or a 13 inch with a quad core that will set you back £1,549.00 inc VAT and shipping)Ĭomparing to dell it depends what you compare with. Unfortunately the model number wikipedia lists for the CPU doesn't seem to match up with anything on intels website but assuming the turbo is similar to the models that straddle it it would have a max turbo with all cores active arround 2.8 GHz. Customers who have experienced the issue can take their devices into Apple Stores (and authorised retailers), or call up and order a postage-paid box to send it in.Note: since the GP quoted in pounds i'm using UK prices from both dell and apple.Ī £999 inc VAT and shipping (closest price in this list to £1000) macbook pro comes with a 13 inch screen and a 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5. may exhibit distorted video, no video, or unexpected system restarts." The program begins today in the US and Canada, and on Feb 27 elsewhere in the world. There's no indication of how many MacBooks Pros have been affected by the issue over the last four years - Apple just says a "small percentage.
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The company announced yesterday that it will repair affected products free of charge. In January, Apple successfully had the lawsuit dismissed, with the judge ruling that the "plaintiffs have failed to allege that Apple's logic boards were unfit for their ordinary purposes or lacked a minimal level of quality." But it seems that Apple has now had a change of heart.
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It clearly wasn't an isolated problem: A petition calling on Apple to issue replacements for affected models has been signed almost 40,000 times.