-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Tinka wrote thus on 10/7/11 4:38 AM: > On Friday, October 07, 2011 03:38:31 AM Tim Schofield wrote: > >> An identically spec'd machine from the Dell web site is >> GBP799. In fact the Dell has a 50% bigger hard drive, >> but essentially they are identical machines in slightly >> different boxes. You pay an additional GBP750 to have >> the apple logo on the front of the box. It is amazing >> how many people are prepared to pay that and IMNSHO that >> is down to one man, and Apple inc. no longer have him. > > Maybe folk are paying for those pinch, rotate, swipe, zoom, > drag, e.t.c., gestures that you can't get on any other > laptop :-).
Yep. More to that, yes, the insides could be identical, but it's appearance and *perceived quality* that appeal to customers. At one conference I was attending (with my boss), his Sony notebook dropped from his seat to the ground. The display and many internals all flew here and there. I was walking upstairs and let loose my black macbook, it traversed a few steps down. It still worked as before. We bought a couple of Dell & HP laptops, and a few macbooks at the same time (~ 5 years ago). The macbooks to this day are running fine. Still retain about 60% of their original battery power. All HPs died less than 2 years down the road. So did the Dells later on. Started with battery issues, to all sorts.. To not preach to the choir, I think I'm personally convinced of the build quality of Apple products. And so are many others with similar experiences. Of course some i-gadgets will have errors and issues but in general, build quality is high up there. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6OkWcACgkQmoxRPBEkoeV67QCfaLxv/d1IXxQ7pwNeREsoqNmP RgMAoJBGbaUSIf9vzC5C9WA7hFmpEJ5e =2k13 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
