Audio Production Laptop

[Gustin Johnson]

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Karoliina Salminen wrote:
>> I agree.  The premium payed for Macs is not reflected in the actual
>> hardware used.  I just priced out a loaded Dell Latitude E6400, which
>> fully loaded is the same price as the starter Macbook.  The Dell is
>> using a better CPU, double the RAM, a fast hard drive (7200 RPM laptop
>> drive) etc.  It just doesn't make sense unless you actually care about
>> the solid aluminum body :)
> 
> I have 7200 rpm laptop drive on my older Macbook and I upgraded the
> RAM to 4GB using cheap Mac compatible RAMs (other than sold by Apple)
> and the setup works fine.

Those cost extra, putting the cost benefit ratio further out for me.
> 
> And I do care about the solid aluminium body. The older model did not
> have that, but even with that I have been pretty happy. The build
> quality is excellent. I have used Dells for couple of years and I can
> not say the same for their build quality, they are cheap crap where
> the Mac is a solid product. If you want cheap, then go for Dell, if

Generalizations tend to be innaccurate.  Certainly Dell has their low
cost lines (the Inspiron), but their Latitude lines are awesome.  We
have been using them at work for a while now and I do enjoy the
noticeable build quality difference.  The same goes for the XPS lines as
well.

> you want good quality, awesome design / styling etc.  get a Mac. If
> you don't care about style and having the nice beautiful product
> doesn't make you feel like Christmas each time you look and touch it,

This is the e6400 for me.  Whatever you may want to say about Dell, you
at least know exactly what you are getting.  How many different 2.4 Ghz
CPUs does Intel make?  For those of use who care, we can get exactly the
CPU we want.  For those of you who don't care you can always buy a Mac :)

> then just forget about it, get something cheap that will do the task
> and buy a new when it breaks. In my case, it is not that simple as
> that. After tens of years of plastic boxes, I got really bored to the
> cheap plastics that break because their build quality is so awful (one
> old Dell we have is no longer usable because the plastic chassis is
> not rigid enough to not cause disconnects etc. inside if moved at all)
> and I buy now only good quality hardware which looks & feels really
> nice and Macs meet that criteria, I am no longer just looking at the
> price-raw-performance ratio. It is a personal choice.
> 
I have been beating up Dell laptops for 10 years, and my experience has
been different from yours.  I have a Dell 733 that just won't die.

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