Mitch, I agree that when you compare like to like, the pricing is similar. That said, they compare to the most expensive offerings from the PC brands, and now that you can no longer upgrade memory / hard drive post purchase a maxed out laptop becomes slightly more than if you were to buy a PC laptop with similar processor specs and upgrade memory/etc yourself.
One really positive in the price discussion that macs have that PCs typically do not is resale value. Macs typically sell for a reasonable amount of money even when they are several years old, making the true cost of always having the new laptop significantly lower. But that can be a really hard argument to make to an accountant who has to approve your purchase today. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:32 AM, Mitch Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > "they are a bit pricey" > > I always hear that, and I am actually kind of surprised that its still > believed... Without discounts, a similar configured Dell Latitude 7000 > Series 14"(and I believe the 3000 and 5000 aren't much different) was > around $200 more than a MBP 13" when I looked last week. The low-end > laptops and consumer grade ones, sure the MBP is more expensive... but > that's not an equivalent laptop. To compare it needs to be business class, > and even at that the PCI-e SSD in the MBP will be better than whats in the > Dell from the specs. > > Just something to think about. > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Aaron Luman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Another thing to take into consideration is that the 15" macbook pro line > > is overdue an update. If you are considering getting one you might want > to > > wait for a few months to see the new options. > > > > I have a 15" at work running multiple VMs, and whatnot and it runs like a > > champ. That said, they are a bit pricey, especially now that nothing is > > upgradable. > > > > I will be getting one for myself when they update the new. > > On May 11, 2015 4:16 PM, "Lonnie Olson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:45 PM, David Skinner > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've used macs in the past, but never owned my own laptop. If I got a > > > > macbook, what should I look for? If I go windows-based, does anyone > > have > > > > any good recommendations for a brand? > > > > > > You should first decide on your OS first. You've used Macs, did you > > > like it? They are quite different from both Windows and Linux. > > > > > > Only after you decide on your OS should you look into hardware options. > > > > > > Mac OSX: Choose an Apple laptop (period). Heavy dev with VMs, MBP of > > > some sort. Light dev, perhaps mostly cloud instances, MBA. > > > > > > Windows: I prefer Dell or Lenovo, the business class ones. Your > > > options are quite wide open though. Even an Apple laptop will run > > > Windows... > > > > > > Linux: I still like Dell or Lenovo, but you must pay attention to > > > driver support. Some models are terrible, mostly stay in the upper > > > end. Perhaps consider fully supported laptops like the Dell XPS > > > Developer Edition, System76, etc. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > UPHPU mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > > > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > UPHPU mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
