I really think the new macbooks / ~ pro are a bit of a letdown price/performance wise. There are recent other notebooks, such as the Samsung R560 that cost abou

I really think the new macbooks / ~ pro are a bit of a letdown price/performance wise. There are recent other notebooks, such as the Samsung R560 that cost about half of what a macbook pro costs, and offer roughly equal specs. E.g. Samsung R560: 2ghz core 2 duo, 4ghz ram, geforce 9600M GS (see here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=303188 http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=303188) for 1052 USD versus macbook pro: 2.4ghz core 2 duo, 2ghz ram (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macboo...) for 1999 USD. The samsung is even cheaper than the new macbook. Unless you really need OS X, getting a samsung with linux seems a better deal. Am I alone thinking this? I've used macs for the past 6 years, and OS X is pretty neat, but every single piece of apple hardware I've owned has given me trouble. I'm seriously considering switching away from macs for my next upgrade.