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Go find a laptop that compares, feature to feature, with a MacBook Pro. Once you're totally frustrated at being unable to find IPS displays, firewire 800, optic

Go find a laptop that compares, feature to feature, with a MacBook Pro. Once you're totally frustrated at being unable to find IPS displays, firewire 800, optical digital out, and the same weight target, I can guarantee that the comparable models will be about the same price points. MBPs are TN film, not IPS. Their color gamut is pretty pedestrian, certainly pales in comparison to my ThinkPad T510. Their panels are low-DPI too, which makes text much harder to read (you should see Linux/Freetype on 15" Full HD - blows my mind every day). MBPs don't have a trackpoint in the middle of the keyboard, hence are not typist-friendly, they are not nearly as rugged (flaky lids), their screens also don't even open at 180 degree angle and MBPs don't have mouse buttons under your thumbs. They also run twice as hot (and loud) than Thinkpads. Shall I keep going? I can: the keyboard is crippled and not waterproof, hard drive is not easily swappable and Apple uses cheap fans that get quite noisy after a couple of years. The bottom line: fanboyism is silly.

icegreentea 16y ago
To be fair, the MBP high resolution option isn't exactly low-DPI. It's lower than FHD on a T510, but not by much. MBPs also have battery life I wish I could get out of my T400. Sitting through an afternoon of lectures, I would have to crank my screen all the way down to get through with my 6 cell, while my neighbours with their MBPs could happily cruise their with their screens nice and bright. Still love my T400. (And I'll admit, sometimes I wish I didn't have those mouse buttons right under the space bar. Sometimes having a giant trackpad is sooo nice)