"Poke around the net for a while searching for information on what it's like to switch to a Mac, and you'll quickly get a face full of hyperbole, zealots, platform bigots, feature weenies, and naysayers - from both the Windows and Mac camps.
But there are precious few places to get an honest word about what it's like to switch, other than some deeply technical face-offs. So, I've been taking notes for the past few years, and thought I'd write them down."
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Member since:2005-07-06
Yeah, and those Asus and Vaio models cost quite some money! I have yet to see a PC laptop as nice as a MacBook at the $1100 price point. Sony's C-series comes close, but it's a bit more expensive similarly configured, and is also substantially thicker and has less battery life. And of course there is nothing in the PC space that matches a Power Mac or Mac Pro for style, and I'm including all those $200+ Lian Li cases here.
Member since:2005-07-06
And of course there is nothing in the PC space that matches a Power Mac or Mac Pro for style, and I'm including all those $200+ Lian Li cases here.
Hrm, personally I think some of their server cases (the ones that look like miniature 50s chrome refrigerators) are nicer-looking than the PowerMac/Mac Pro cases. My sister has been lusting after this case for quite a while:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=21832&vpn=PC-626&manufac...
Member since:2005-06-29
You're showing the problem right there. The only people who care about nice design in the PC world are builders: They use desktops.
He's talking about laptops: Which are becoming a majority these days.
Mac's towers are butt ugly (I'm sorry but they look like an ancient Viking Weapon, not high technology). Their laptops are beautiful, as are their other desktops.
Member since:2005-10-02
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Member since:2005-07-07
Problem I've found with pretty much all PC laptops is that they're designed with bumpy undersides. The underside is always full of bumps, for who knows what reason.
I know this sounds like a small nitpick, but having a laptop with a totally flat bottom just feels much nicer on my lap.
Member since:2005-07-09
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2005-07-06
Apple's level of design is just not seen in the regualr PC world.
Please. There are good looking cases built with plastic/plexiglas/aluminium, with sizes ranging from barebone to big tower. If people are used to cheap office boxes that's OK, but don't blame the whole PC industry -- people get what they pay for.
People are used to noisy 3" thick laptops
And I'm used to thin magnesium Asus and Sony Vaio laptops. So what? Tell people they should spend >$1500 on a thin good-looking laptop instead of buying that $600 noisy devices. I'm sure most of them wont't follow your suggestion.