<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Gustin Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gustin@echostar.ca">gustin@echostar.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br> Hash: SHA1<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> Karoliina Salminen wrote:<br> >> I agree.  The premium payed for Macs is not reflected in the actual<br> >> hardware used.  I just priced out a loaded Dell Latitude E6400, which<br> >> fully loaded is the same price as the starter Macbook.  The Dell is<br> >> using a better CPU, double the RAM, a fast hard drive (7200 RPM laptop<br> >> drive) etc.  It just doesn't make sense unless you actually care about<br> >> the solid aluminum body :)<br> ><br> > I have 7200 rpm laptop drive on my older Macbook and I upgraded the<br> > RAM to 4GB using cheap Mac compatible RAMs (other than sold by Apple)<br> > and the setup works fine.<br> <br> </div>Those cost extra, putting the cost benefit ratio further out for me.<br> <div class="Ih2E3d">><br> > And I do care about the solid aluminium body. The older model did not<br> > have that, but even with that I have been pretty happy. The build<br> > quality is excellent. I have used Dells for couple of years and I can<br> > not say the same for their build quality, they are cheap crap where<br> > the Mac is a solid product. If you want cheap, then go for Dell, if<br> <br> </div>Generalizations tend to be innaccurate.  Certainly Dell has their low<br> cost lines (the Inspiron), </blockquote><div><br>*** My Inspiron 1720 cost me $2500, I would not really call that cheap. Its also very beautiful in a minimalist sort of way :). <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> but their Latitude lines are awesome.  We<br> have been using them at work for a while now and I do enjoy the<br> noticeable build quality difference.  The same goes for the XPS lines as<br> well.<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> > you want good quality, awesome design / styling etc.  get a Mac. If<br> > you don't care about style and having the nice beautiful product<br> > doesn't make you feel like Christmas each time you look and touch it,<br> <br> </div>This is the e6400 for me.  Whatever you may want to say about Dell, you<br> at least know exactly what you are getting.  How many different 2.4 Ghz<br> CPUs does Intel make?  For those of use who care, we can get exactly the<br> CPU we want.  For those of you who don't care you can always buy a Mac :)<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br> > then just forget about it, get something cheap that will do the task<br> > and buy a new when it breaks. In my case, it is not that simple as<br> > that. After tens of years of plastic boxes, I got really bored to the<br> > cheap plastics that break because their build quality is so awful (one<br> > old Dell we have is no longer usable because the plastic chassis is<br> > not rigid enough to not cause disconnects etc. inside if moved at all)<br> > and I buy now only good quality hardware which looks & feels really<br> > nice and Macs meet that criteria, I am no longer just looking at the<br> > price-raw-performance ratio. It is a personal choice.<br> ><br> </div>I have been beating up Dell laptops for 10 years, and my experience has<br> been different from yours.  I have a Dell 733 that just won't die.<br> <br> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)<br> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a><br> <br> iD8DBQFJLOnqwRXgH3rKGfMRAmKkAJ9it1GRBQM3pikAA8fyQqPNQRA9fwCggoME<br> JqdsSiiF2ZzjOQ4Wiv8Aejc=<br> =xkmi<br> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> --<br> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>