The MacBook Pro’s wins in design and screen quality simply aren’t comparable to the ASUS lineups. Seriously, these are far less expensive notebooks that perform better and offer more features.
13” notebooks with Core i3 processors, the G 310M/Optimus combo, aluminum or bambo panels, 3.9lbs without an optical drive/4.8lbs with, carrying pricetags of anywhere between $819 and $969. For similarly sized 13.3” notebooks, I’d point you to the U3xJc series-the U30, U33, and U35. It’s a bit bigger, but it’s orders of magnitude faster, too. For comparison, ASUS would be happy to sell you a 14” N82JQ with a quad-core Core i7 and a GT 335M for $900 after their mail in rebate. A Core 2 processor at $1200 and $1500 price points? Even the base MacBook, at around $999, is more than pushing it as far as Core 2 Duo’s go. Apple products aren’t reknowned for their value for money quotient, but even by Apple standards, this is pretty bad. More difficult is to compare the MacBook Pro to PC notebooks. I have noticed a far larger number of MBP13s than unibody plastic MacBooks lately on the UW campus, so apparently Anand and I aren’t the only ones who feel that way. So unless you’ve got a strict $1000 cap, you’re better off with a MacBook Pro. It’s thinner, lighter, and has more features, along with a far better display.
WINDOWS 7 ON MACBOOK PRO CORE 2 DUO UPGRADE
The aluminum unibody construction, faster CPU (2.4GHz vs 2.26), RAM upgrade (4GB vs 2GB), backlit keyboard, and SD card reader are just bonuses. It’s $200 more expensive than the plastic unibody MacBook (or $150 if you’re a student, due to a larger discount on the MBP), but it’s definitely worth it, for a number of reasons.The difference in display quality between the plastic MacBook and the MBP13 is almost enough to justify the extra cost alone.
WINDOWS 7 ON MACBOOK PRO CORE 2 DUO PORTABLE
So lets start with the easier part of the conclusion: if you need an OS X portable and think the MBP15 is too large, the 13” MacBook Pro is the one to get. Macs are divisive products-the people who use them love them, but for every person that loves a Mac there’s two more that wish all things Apple would burn in hell.
There’s the style factor, the (lack of) value factor, the fanboy factor, the OS X factor (for Macs), etc. Apple products tend to be tough to give a conclusion on.
0 kommentar(er)
