> My response was aimed at Tom who thinks that giving consumers a good > bargain is a bad thing. In his book, $$$ = quality; it's largely an > exercise in snobbery. There is some correlation with price and > reliability, but not always. In real estate, it's location, location, > location. You aren't necessarily getting a better built house, just > one in a better neighborhood. With cars, it's cachet and performance, > often at the expense of reliability, but not always. You can get very > relaible, but poorly performing cars (and ZERO cachet) for very little > money.
You have it backwards. $$$ doesn't equal quality. However, often it costs more to design and make a quality product--and have money left over for R&D.
PC makers often skimp on important details like using a cheap TN display, compared to my new iMac which contains a wide angle H-IPS/S-IPS display that alone costs the same or more than the entire PC. And please don't give me a cheap clunky PC keyboard! We have a collection in the closet that are barely usable compared to the Apple keyboards.
I won't complain about Bob's HP notebook. It serves its purpose well [except for searches], but even at ~15 inches is heavy to carry around compared to my MacBook.
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