OK wow, you spent a lot of time making the total point of you don't like the article and it was opinion. Guess what, we ran it as an opinion piece.
Personal taste is somewhat but again look on page 9 at what I asked for. Can you do it for a lot less? Maybe but show me first.
So let me address a few things.
1) keyboard, what work for me might not for you, that is why I say try it.
2) Unibody is more than a stunt it allows it to be light and thin yet ridgid. Semi rugged or rugged, like the toughbooks, cost way more than this and really have not proved to be more reliable just survivable.
3) I have a full time job in the networking field, I do Tom's articles on a freelance basis because I find it fun and rewarding. I do way more than write articles on my laptop.
4) Magsafe vs plug, I will take the magsafe every day. Your comparing a laptop feature with item 8 which is customer support. Compare Dell complete care to Apples care package.
5) No Backlit LED's are not new and are gaining ground every day. I have informed myself that many Dell's have this feature. But not many other brands, LED backlits should extend the life of the laptop and keep the screen bright for years to come. If you look at the CCF type displays that are a few years old you can really see the dimming of the CCF lighting. Plus they are acceptable to some slight compression damage that LED's are not. Don't get me wrong enough pressure on any LCD screen will damage it.
6) I think I will quote from another Tom's article. This is from Charlie Miller, the pwn2own guy who compromised the MacBook in short order "between Mac and PC, I'd say that Macs are less secure for the reasons we've discussed here (lack of anti-exploitation technologies) but are more safe because there simply isn't much malware out there. For now, I'd still recommend Macs for typical users as the odds of something targeting them are so low that they might go years without seeing any malware, even though if an attacker cared to target them it would be easier for them." So maybe you don't think it matters but he does and I think I respect his opinion a lot.
7) Battery, OK show me a model at 17" with similar hardware that gets that time? Give me example
8) So lets compare Apple support to Dell, how many Dell stores can you walk into and get support? Good support with actual people you can touch and feel is pretty big, that cost money. End of story
9) Now who is stating opinion. Does anyone reading this think that laptops are really made to last 5 years by everyone but one company? Your telling me that the $400 Dell, HP or Acer is made to last that long? Well if they have solid state caps and all the improvements needed to make them last 5 years and can still sell for that price they Rock.
10) So basically, you want Linux on your laptop, but not everyone does. I prefer Linux/BSD on servers but most don't want to deal with figuring things out. If you buy support for say RedHat or Ubuntu then guess what, your savings are gone but maybe your a super Linux guy and need no help, again not everyone is.
I bought this laptop because it did everything I needed. I tried to find another one I could actually touch and use that competed, but could not. I thought about ordering one from HP, Dell or other but to be honest I hate that kind of waste. Plus they weighed so much more. I had an 8+ lbs laptop before and I did not like it. So I worked hard to have the money to buy it, tried to find something cheaper, equal and better, I could not. As I said in the article, I had sticker shock but so do people buying $1000 laptops when they want to spend $500. I went into it with my eyes wide open while so many others ignore Apple because of their hatred of Apple.
OK so you won't spend money on a new laptop but you will for a used car when you already have a car? That is just wasteful, my old laptop is now being used daily by someone else, the one they had went to another person and that persons when to charity. Why don't you give your old car to someone else and they give theirs to someone and some charity can use theirs.
Shiny had nothing to do with my purchase. It could have been black, blue or gray but not burn orange. For me that would have been a deal breaker.
[citation][nom]radnor[/nom]To TomsGuideRachel:This article is nothing but a e-peen statement. Educated ? yes, but none the less a e-peen statment.1 - Keyboard i can understand, although i disagree. It is a matter of opinion. Nothing new, nothing original, diferent design. A mater of personal taste should be a plus for all.2 - Uniboby ? Great maketing stunt. Check rugged or semi rugged laptops or any professional lines from lenovo, hp or Dell. You like the look ? Fine by me. But again, is personal taste.3 - Yes, it is a light laptop. But if you need a 17" for writing articles, your out of your mind. Again, personal taste. Again it is proven that laptop comes with the Nvidia 9600 time bomb on it.4 - Premium for magsafe ? I prefer to pay a premium for Dell Complete Care for 5 years. Go read it. Professionally ive activated several times. Most times was for exchange for an updated version. 5 - Backlite LCDs are nothing new. You better inform yourself. neither is 1920x1200. Color gamut ? If you are just writing articles, it is nuts. Anyway there are equally good solutions there. For a bit less.6 - Spyware, malware,virus, flooders and others ? You are the first line of defense. Software can help up to a point. This is a non-argument.7 - 7 hours ? Not bad. Check Dell or Lenovo by that matter. Samsung has a model with 12 hours.8 - Apple Customer support ? With the premium you pay it should be. With that premium talk to Dell Customer support. 9 - Being Apple a software and design house nowadays, i doubt their pollute much. Estimated battery life ? But i'm sure they only will give it one year warranty. For your information, computers now are made to last 5 years. Almost all of them. Except the ones made by Quanta. Read the china financial times. 10 - I don't want to be a bitch. But i had Hack OSX, Vista 64 and Ubuntu 8.04, triple booting on my lappy. You guess it isn't a mac. It worked perfectly. I kept Ubuntu. Compiz-Fusion kick he crap out of OSX or Windows.Lets face it. You bought because you could and you liked it. Nothing but that.Of the 10 points, 4 are personal preferences , 4 are non-arguments, 1 is silly (the malware one) and 1 you could only prove in five years. I would like to ask you hows that batery in 5 years.For less, with this crisis I bought a 309 GTI 2.0 (mint condition) to add to my Lancia HF Turbo. I have a lappy well enough for my needs , and a computer that needs a small upgrade so i can game. It can't take more OC for now.At least you could finished the article saying you did it because you liked shiny things. Every reader would understand. We all like shiny things, whatever the brand is.[/citation]
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