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Yesterday, I priced out the 13-inch MBP and the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition (Ubuntu 18.04). The config was: - 32GB of RAM - 1TB SSD - 10th generation i7 -
by cpascal 6y ago
Yesterday, I priced out the 13-inch MBP and the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition (Ubuntu 18.04). The config was:
- 32GB of RAM
- 1TB SSD
- 10th generation i7
- 3 year extended warranty with accident protection.
With taxes, the MBP came to just about $3.1k, and the XPS 13 was just under $2500. The XPS 13 also came with an UHD 4k touch screen (higher res than the MBP). The price difference was nearly $600. If you drop the 4k touch screen on the XPS and opt for the 1080p screen, the price difference is almost $900.
The other thing the XPS comes with that the MBP does not is physical function keys.
I'm having a tough time justifying the Apple premium here. I love the polish of macOS and the MBP's build quality/industrial design, but how much is that premium worth?
I'm curious if choosing the MBP and paying the premium is worth it for other people.
- heipei 6y agoSince you pointed out the screen options, this is one of the biggest thing stopping me from getting a non-MacBook: 4K is way too high-res and sucking too much battery and FHD is to coarse for a 13-14" screen. Apple hit a sweet spot with their Retina displays.
- cpascal 6y agoI completely agree re: Retina. All laptop manufacturers should take a cue from apple and focus on DPI rather than resolution. Ideally, DPI should be fixed across screen sizes.
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- throwbackThurs 6y agoOne thing to remember is you also pay for the software. MacOS is a great operating system. I personally made the switch to Linux full-time a year ago, it works pretty well, but software support is pretty abysmal. Hell, even Spotify starts to slow my system down and make it feel sluggish after 30 minutes. You don't get those sorts of problems on MacOS, and I really miss that.