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I bought a Dell M1330. It is: * Lighter than the Macbook (but there's not much in it) * Same screen resolution (1280x800) * Slot-loading disc drive, but with
by halo 18y ago
I bought a Dell M1330. It is:
* Lighter than the Macbook (but there's not much in it)
* Same screen resolution (1280x800)
* Slot-loading disc drive, but with a DVD Writer
* Nvidia 8400M compared to Intel X1300 graphics
* Had 1gb more memory
* Had 40gb bigger hard disk drive
It does, however, lack 802.11n, and the Macbook is marginally prettier. The kicker is that the M1330 was £130+ cheaper than the Macbook equivalent even after factoring in the educational discount.
There really is no way of spinning it - Apple's hardware is, and always has been, comparatively expensive, and in exchange you get Mac OS X. Apple has never competed on price. If one day I can afford to spend £700+ on a laptop I'd certainly consider buying a Mac but until that point I'm happy with my mid-spec PCs.
- alex_c 18y agoBattery life?
- nickb 18y agoBut it doesn't run MacOS X which means you can't run all the Mac apps.
- halo 18y agoIf you read, I did actually say that. FWIW, I intend to install some flavour of Linux (likely Ubuntu) when I get around to it. All the applications I use tend to be multiplatform these days so I'm OS neutral - there's honestly no application on any platform that I'm reliant on and I like it this way.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI'm reliant on being able to test in as many browsers as possible, and unfortunately, this is where I run into the not quite dead monopoly, because I still have to test stuff in IE. And yes, I can run it on my mac, but I still have to buy a copy of, sadly, Vista. I dislike intensely having to pay that monopoly rent.
- halo 18y agoIf it helps, Microsoft provide free Virtual PC images of IE6, IE7 and IE8 for compatibility testing. Only downside is they time expire after a few months when they provide a new version and you'll need to convert the virtual machine to another format to run it on Mac or Linux. Download from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21E... and info on converting them can be found at http://blog.mozmonkey.com/2008/vpc-ie6-ie7-ie8-on-mac-os-x/ http://blog.mozmonkey.com/2008/vpc-ie6-ie7-ie8-on-mac-os-x/ (it suggests you can use Zipeg to decompress the files meaning a Windows PC isn't required at all).
- cypress-hill 18y agolike what, firefox?