This ZDNet article really annoys me. Maybe it's just me, but PC users always seem to be trying to justify their choice of platform by emphasizing the off-the shelf price of high end Macs, as if that's all that matters.
Firstly, my company (in the UK) uses Dell's exclusively and I've never heard of the coupon this guy describes. At $650, you have to wonder, what's the catch?! He also fails to mention specs significant to portable owners, including battery life, connectivity (FireWire, networking, audio in, etc), screen quality, weight and of course, functionality out-of-the-box. The Mac also comes with a superdrive as standard: on the Dell it's an option. Ditto for wireless networking and DVI. Once you take away that 'coupon' and include the specs that they guy didn't cherry-pick to make the Dell look good, the Mac actually looks like better value. And that's without the software...
His past references to Mac users as brainwashed 'diehard disciples' doesn't win him many points for objectivity and his 1:10 user statistics look in doubt given the number of angry comments. See the 'Blah Blah Blah' post among others. This is not good journalism.
by Dan Price — Feb 14
Firstly, my company (in the UK) uses Dell's exclusively and I've never heard of the coupon this guy describes. At $650, you have to wonder, what's the catch?! He also fails to mention specs significant to portable owners, including battery life, connectivity (FireWire, networking, audio in, etc), screen quality, weight and of course, functionality out-of-the-box. The Mac also comes with a superdrive as standard: on the Dell it's an option. Ditto for wireless networking and DVI. Once you take away that 'coupon' and include the specs that they guy didn't cherry-pick to make the Dell look good, the Mac actually looks like better value. And that's without the software...
His past references to Mac users as brainwashed 'diehard disciples' doesn't win him many points for objectivity and his 1:10 user statistics look in doubt given the number of angry comments. See the 'Blah Blah Blah' post among others. This is not good journalism.