Also, I would guess that the 1080p display your wife has is not on an ultrabook or small display laptop. I'm not sure why laptop manufacturers don't put nicer displays in those things as it would make complete sense. Business users who travel could really use a snazzy display like that, plus if you travel, yeah... </drool>
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Clint Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > Why should they be cheaper? They build a quality product that works. I've > seen several of their laptops and would compare them in quality to what IBM > thinkpads were back in the day (before Lenovo screwed them up, and is now > fixing with the x250, etc). Cost is a matter of opinion, it's really about > what you are getting with the product. Is it some cheap Dell? No. I can't > say that the video displays are great, but I dare you to find a comparable > system with a better monitor for a similar price. You can't even do that > with the MBP or Chromebook Pixel, as both of those have amazing displays, > but they cost well more than most other laptops for that particular part. > > herlo > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Tod Hansmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Clint Savage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Zareason.com, enough said. The owners live in Daybreak, but the >> business is >> > based in Berkeley, California. >> > >> > >> I can not get over how expensive their laptops are for terrible displays. >> $800 for a 14" 1366x768 display? ("HD" HA!) Their cheapest 1080 display >> starts at over $1k, when my wife's laptop has an i7 and a 1080p for less >> than $650. For the price they're asking, I'd rather go with a workstation >> quality Lenovo with warranty, just to save some money (even WITH the >> Windows license). >> >> Granted, this is one of those areas that laptops specifically suffer in >> the >> industry for, but if I wanted a whitebox dealer they better be cheaper >> than >> huge professional outfits or provide some gimmicky service above and >> beyond >> (PC Laptops' lifetime warranty comes to mind, though I haven't tried >> them). >> Commodity hardware in desktops allow this sort of thing to happen there. >> Laptop markets seem to me to always be about compromising something you >> want out of your purchase. >> >> -Tod Hansmann >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
