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Justify Macbook Ownership
Marauder:
All of the above, and Core Duo; so it won't be antiquated anytime soon.
Catfish_Man:
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--- Quote ---You may have missed the nVidia Quadro on that Dell... the MP is competitively priced, but it sure as heck isn't $1000 less for the same parts.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_mac_pro_3
The MP is pretty close to 1000 bucks less than the Dell's workstations. Dell's high end stuff isn't cheap. They give away their low end stuff and sell their high end stuff at a premium.
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Ahhh, I figured you were referencing SJ's comparison in the keynote. Yeah, I'm not surprised Dell ups the margins some on their high end stuff. Nice showing by the Mac Pro; I'm as surprised as the reviewer that it came out cheaper :) I want one... 114 seconds to compile Adium, and I bet I could get it lower if I spent a bit getting the nonparallel bits out of the build process.
SpacemanSpiff:
About the triple boot thing: Linux still has some issues with the EFI BIOS as far as I know.
And all in all, it's actually not that expensive, if you think about what you're getting. Windows laptops from a well-known company with the same specs are not cheaper. You also get pretty decent tech support.
Downside:
This thing gets real fucking hot. Even compared to other laptops.
And only 1 year warranty is standard (you might want to buy more).
messeduplilkid:
just curious about the Macbook running hot, did anyone else firmware update? because mine is running at 22C right now (monitered by the CoreDuoTemp program, so I dunno how credible that is), but it dosent seem to get past mid 30's. Though I'm usually running it on a table or my bed, never usually my lap.
EJ
jhocking:
--- Quote from: Matteh99 ---Dell's high end stuff isn't cheap. They give away their low end stuff and sell their high end stuff at a premium.
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Which is a large part of why you don't buy Dell if you want a high-end workstation. All the techy wonks who decry Dell forget that not everyone wants and/or needs the highest-end bleeding-edge technology, and so for most people Dell is a good deal. However, if you are wanting a high-end machine, for the love of pete why are you considering Dell?
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