The part about his 3 year old MBP being the best built laptop. Either he is a Mac fanboi or he doesn't actually put his hands on too many laptops.

 

Because there are a ton of companies making and selling desktops and laptops, it's not valid to make blanket statements that equate a Dell product with *ALL* products running a Windows OS. Anyone who confuses Dell with *the entire PC industry* is not informed, hence their opinions are coming from prejudice rather than experience, i.e. a fanboi.

It's one thing to say, "My Macbook is better-built than my old Dell laptop."

It's quite another to say, "Macbooks are better built than Windows laptops. I know because I once had a Dell laptop that would like totally flex and stuff."

Do you understand the difference?

 

I can name off at least one that has build quality on par if not better, the Dell Adamo.

 

Unfortunately, NuncoStr8, I don't think you understand what he actually wrote. You and Voodoo seem to have taken a knee-jerk response to any PC criticism, promting the claim of Apple fanboi-ism, without looking at what was really said. You said "It's one thing to say, 'My Macbook is better-built than my old Dell laptop.'" yet that is exactly what was said. Let me quote it:

See? He's doing exactly what you'd prefer him to do - discuss his personal experiences, and not conjecture about the entire PC industry.

Similarly, I was trying to do some fact-checking on the pic that started this thread, and Voodoo laughs at me when he notices a mistake I made. Sheesh. Talk about a helpful way to promote an interesting conversation. And when I make note of Dell and HP offerings that are actually more expensive than Apple prices for the same part, there's nothing. No admission of "Oh yeah, Apple's cheaper than Dell and HP sometimes." I'd at least want something along the lines of "You made such-and-such mistake in your comparison, the Apple's still more expensive."

By the way, I don't even own a Mac. I simply noticed one mistake in the OP's pic and wanted to fact-check the rest of it because I was curious.

 

 

I'm not sure that anyone read my posts. I should cut down on the length.

Last night I reinstalled Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro with a larger partition, so that I would be able to install Starcraft II. I immediately noticed that it ran faster and at a higher level of recommended video settings than the same game running in a Mac environment.

It's just up to you as a consumer to decide which makes the most sense for you.

Quick2k

 

Voodoo–

I've used hundreds of different Windows (meaning OS-based) laptops through friends, family, colleagues, classmates, demos in retail stores, etc. It's a hobby of mine and I also do frequent training on PCs with clients as well. I've also owned laptops from every major manufacturer and they all have fallen apart after a year or two of heavy use, not to mention dealing with the shitty OS.

The Adamo isn't as well built as the MacBook Air (its main competitor, not the MBP). It flexes when put under pressure (and isn't even as thin) and its keyboard doesn't give the same quality tactile feedback the MBA does. It may look cool, but that's not much of a factor to me vs. durability. I've also never used a trackpad on a "Windows" laptop that's as good as my MBP's.

Nunco–

I stand by my statement when I say that my MBP is the best built laptop I've worked with. I use it every day for work and personal/entertainment purposes so it gets very heavy use. You may want to re-read, as I mentioned not only Dell, but HP, Toshiba and Sony as well. Lenovo, Samsung, Gateway and Acer are other ones I've used.

 

I didn't bother going through the steps to do an actual side by side comparison, but the two obvious thing I saw was the lack of extended warranty and any RAID on the Mac. That's a $250 and $700 option respectively, which makes the Mac now almost $1000 more than the Dell. We all know Dell and the other major PC vendors always discount their PCs, so its easy to get significant discounts from what their website shows at any given time. Does Apple offer discounts?

One thing I will concede is Apple has become a lot more price competitive over the years.

 

It's more then a hobby for me. I actually support 100's of laptops and guess what, they all seem to last just fine until their 3 year warranties expire. The Adamo is clearly better built than the Air. The screen on the Air flexes significant if you lift it from the corner. The Adamo doesn't do that.