"The advent of Vista and Mac OS X, along with the ascension of Linux, add new dimensions to a long-time controversy. Now more than ever before, the Mac OS is the most cost effective operating system of all."
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That is a 480$ difference for the priviledge of running OSX. Not only that, but you lose 2.1in off the screen (the toshiba is even widescreen, which imho is the way of the future), and 40gb off the hard drive.
You do realize that the MacBook is much smaller right? Smaller laptops are more expensive.
Actually, the MacBook is certainly not overpriced if you compare it to similar laptops. It's about the same price, sometimes even cheaper.
To me it's not about losing 2 inches of the screen, it's about having a much more portable and lighter computer which I actually don't have to think twice about carrying with me everywhere. And on top of that, it's a good looking lovely computer that just works, it has a comfortable keyboard, an very nice trackpad (two finger scrolling is awesome) and one of the best operating systems on the market.
Oh, and the MacBook is widescreen too.
The MacBook Pro however, is overpriced compared to the competition. I'll give you that.
Edited 2007-08-04 16:02
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2006-02-05
totally agree. my girlfriend is planning on buying a pc in the next month or so. the budget is kind of tight, but i still advocated apple, as imho its the best os out there for someone who doesnt care HOW it works, just that it DOES work.
The specs were just too radically different for it to be viable.
Buying from a big chain, we have the very decent http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS100...
for 770$, that will run vista just fine (although, I am going to push her to up the ram to 2gb).
While over on apple.ca, the lowest end MacBook (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/66...)
sells for 1250$
That is a 480$ difference for the priviledge of running OSX. Not only that, but you lose 2.1in off the screen (the toshiba is even widescreen, which imho is the way of the future), and 40gb off the hard drive.
That is wayyyyy too big a difference to be viable.