I have here 4 dead MacBooks and 1 dead iPod. I bought all over the last 6 years. :-(
So far for the top quality of Apple computers. I am back to a low cost HP G62 (25% of the price of my last MacBook Pro) and it works perfect. V On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mark Tinka wrote thus on 10/7/11 4:38 AM: >> On Friday, October 07, 2011 03:38:31 AM Tim Schofield wrote: >> >>> An identically spec'd machine from the Dell web site is >>> GBP799. In fact the Dell has a 50% bigger hard drive, >>> but essentially they are identical machines in slightly >>> different boxes. You pay an additional GBP750 to have >>> the apple logo on the front of the box. It is amazing >>> how many people are prepared to pay that and IMNSHO that >>> is down to one man, and Apple inc. no longer have him. >> >> Maybe folk are paying for those pinch, rotate, swipe, zoom, >> drag, e.t.c., gestures that you can't get on any other >> laptop :-). > > Yep. > More to that, yes, the insides could be identical, but it's > appearance and *perceived quality* that appeal to customers. > > At one conference I was attending (with my boss), his Sony notebook > dropped from his seat to the ground. The display and many internals > all flew here and there. I was walking upstairs and let loose my > black macbook, it traversed a few steps down. It still worked as before. > > We bought a couple of Dell & HP laptops, and a few macbooks at the > same time (~ 5 years ago). The macbooks to this day are running > fine. Still retain about 60% of their original battery power. All > HPs died less than 2 years down the road. So did the Dells later on. > Started with battery issues, to all sorts.. > > To not preach to the choir, I think I'm personally convinced of the > build quality of Apple products. And so are many others with similar > experiences. > > Of course some i-gadgets will have errors and issues but in general, > build quality is high up there. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk6OkWcACgkQmoxRPBEkoeV67QCfaLxv/d1IXxQ7pwNeREsoqNmP > RgMAoJBGbaUSIf9vzC5C9WA7hFmpEJ5e > =2k13 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
