Forgetting you have no idea what configuration I was looking at...it gives up .4ghz in cpu speed, doubles the ram, larger screen, larger HD, same GC...same warranty.
So unless HP knows *I* was looking at their product and put in bad parts, yeah it's apples to apples or oranges to oranges or laptops to laptops. And by the way...this HP which sells for less then 1k, is FAR FAR away from the 'cheapest' HP. However, that 1199 macbook is the cheapest one for Apple. So in point of fact, i was allowing Apple to set cheapest components while paying more for them. HP, Toshiba, Asus, Lenova..Apple..they may solid laptops. Mike Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1 Intel(R) Centrino(R) Processor Technology featuring Intel(R) Core™2 Duo Processor T5750 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (shared) with up to 358MB Total Available Graphics Memory 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display 4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) 250GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA) LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD?R/RW with Double Layern Support Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The one thing that lead you astray was [when I compare the cheapest Mac > to the cheapest HP] - you are allowing HP to set the standard for > cheapest components. > > The author deliberately took the time to upgrade either configuration to > par, so he was comparing apples to apples. Your "200 bucks" was from > comparing apples to oranges. You are chasing the bottom pricing. That > is not comparing fairly or honestly. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > If he'd compared low end macbook to low end HP, the HP would have won > out by > about 200 bux. I can drive down to Fry's right now and get a HP > configured > with twice the memory, 2 inches larger screen, larger HD all for about > 200 > less then if I buy the macbook they sell next to it. <snip> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
