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Well yes, of COURSE you could build a desktop for less money than a laptop. Unlike some people I've seen at Starbucks though, I don't feel comfortable lugging d

by colmvp 14y ago

Well yes, of COURSE you could build a desktop for less money than a laptop. Unlike some people I've seen at Starbucks though, I don't feel comfortable lugging desktops from place to place. Not to mention it'd take up a bunch of space while I'm trying to get work done on the flight in economy class.

cheald 14y ago
There are plenty of comparable laptops for far less money, too. It's not like the only options in the laptop market are $2200+ MBP or nothing. I like the MBP. It's a great piece of hardware. I don't think the retina display is the quantum leap in laptop technology that it's made out to be. I don't feel any particular need to justify my purchase by citing the need to have top-end specs, because if I need maxed out specs, I can get them in my desktop for an order of magnitude less money. I enjoy working from the comfort of my desk with my big monitors and my mechanical keyboard and my nice speakers (and frankly, dislike working elsewhere without them), so laptop vs desktop is a moot point for me.
- jrockway 14y ago
  But how will people know you can afford $2200 for a computer if you don't bring it to the coffee shop to show off?
- shrughes 14y ago
  > There are plenty of comparable laptops for far less money, too. What do you mean by "comparable"? The only decent quad core laptops in the same weight class are the Vaio Z, Panasonic CF-B11, and 14" EliteBook -- and with those (or any heavier modern computer) you have a 16:9 aspect ratio. If you need maxed out specs and don't want to work from a desktop, these are the kinds of computers you want to get. Take a Thinkpad T520, remove the optical drive, give it a 1920x1200 screen and the X1 Carbon's trackpad and you'll have a comparable laptop. Or if Panasonic would just go for the 16:10 screen ratio, you wouldn't even have to drop the optical drive.

by colmvp 14y ago

cheald 14y ago

There are plenty of comparable laptops for far less money, too. It's not like the only options in the laptop market are $2200+ MBP or nothing. I like the MBP. It's a great piece of hardware. I don't think the retina display is the quantum leap in laptop technology that it's made out to be. I don't feel any particular need to justify my purchase by citing the need to have top-end specs, because if I need maxed out specs, I can get them in my desktop for an order of magnitude less money. I enjoy working from the comfort of my desk with my big monitors and my mechanical keyboard and my nice speakers (and frankly, dislike working elsewhere without them), so laptop vs desktop is a moot point for me.

jrockway 14y ago
But how will people know you can afford $2200 for a computer if you don't bring it to the coffee shop to show off?
shrughes 14y ago
> There are plenty of comparable laptops for far less money, too. What do you mean by "comparable"? The only decent quad core laptops in the same weight class are the Vaio Z, Panasonic CF-B11, and 14" EliteBook -- and with those (or any heavier modern computer) you have a 16:9 aspect ratio. If you need maxed out specs and don't want to work from a desktop, these are the kinds of computers you want to get. Take a Thinkpad T520, remove the optical drive, give it a 1920x1200 screen and the X1 Carbon's trackpad and you'll have a comparable laptop. Or if Panasonic would just go for the 16:10 screen ratio, you wouldn't even have to drop the optical drive.