Apple have a 'top down solution', whereas competitors generally are either software- or hardware-heavy.In general, you will meet a higher resistance when trying to make a case against Apple, but they will also fix the case quicker than others if the problem is caused by an error on their part. Like you, I've met people who had hardware failures on Apple computers.The clean numbers are not in favour of Apple when you try to measure 'bang for the buck'.So whom would you trust?Īs far as Apple goes, there are points to make in both directions. However, only one of them cares to mention that fact. Both sources may be biased by the fact that they describe a market in which they are themselves actors. Btw, hope that all the latest version of openoffice will run with the The report in your link has a direct answer here. Even the online review magazines receive macs more warmly than they do toshiba or asus.īut hey installing openoffice seems really easy! Will definitely try this out. So I was surprised since I had rarely heard of asus. For starters both have much better processors than MBP and if one were to compare the MBP with the higher processor (still not an i3) the price difference would be glaring. Again, asus has the U35JC which is around the same mark. the very nice portege R700 costs only 799 $ and it has many more features than the MBP (13 inch). Again, this is not to say macs are bad, just that they don't seem to be special even though mac markets itself that way, and of course justifies its policy of charging a premium.Į.g. Also i've met some who have had hard disk failures with macbooks.

I have personally seen numerous people whose Toshiba's last and last. So frankly, I am not surprised that asus is on top. Mac charges more than 200 $ for a care plan. btw, asus has the confidence to offer a 2 yr international warranty by default.

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