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I run on Apple kit because I like the design and build quality, but being reliant on one control-freak supplier brings me out in hives. So I periodically look a
by cstross 14y ago
I run on Apple kit because I like the design and build quality, but being reliant on one control-freak supplier brings me out in hives. So I periodically look around to see if there's another supplier I can alternate with.
Nope. Lenovo's thinkpads are nice, but by the time they're spec'd out like a Macbook they cost about 10-20% more. (Better keyboard, though, and that lovely anti-coffee-spill drain to save your ass from the once-in-five-years oops.) Some of Dell's premium laptops look nice and are cheaper ... except the specs are lower end and by the time you add all the extras back in you're paying as much for a Dell as for a Macbook Pro.
It's frustrating! Why can't anyone else build laptops as good as Apple that don't cost even more than a Mac?
- Scramblejams 14y ago> Why can't anyone else build laptops as good as Apple that don't cost even more than a Mac? They don't have Tim Cook.
- robin_reala 14y agoEconomies of scale. Apple simply build more of each SKU than anyone else, and have an extremely efficient supply chain.
- jfb 14y agoApple has the best logistics in the world, hand's down. Too, they have what, a dozen SKUs, of which half are phones or tablets?
- dnissley 14y ago> Lenovo's thinkpads are nice, but by the time they're spec'd out like a Macbook they cost about 10-20% more. This baffled me, so I did a comparison: The low end (2.3ghz i7, non-retina) 15" MBP with the 8gb RAM upgrade and the hi-res screen upgrade costs $2000 even. The Thinkpad T430 configured with similar specs (different video card -- nvs 5200m vs gt 650m, worse screen resolution -- 1600x900 vs 1680x1050, better processor -- 2.6ghz) came to $1464. The Thinkpad W530 configured with similar specs (different video card -- k1000m vs gt 650m, better screen resolution -- 1920x1080 vs 1680x1050) came to $1419. Maybe you were comparing different things though?
- bryanlarsen 14y agoHe was probably comparing the MBA against the X1 Carbon.