 Permalink for comment 117787 RE[3]: What A Joke by rayiner on
Mon 24th Apr 2006 18:24 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: What A Joke"
Member since:  That E-series machine you linked to is a full 60%
thicker than the Macbook. Is your point that you can get a lot
cheaper machine if you give up form-factor? Sure, I don't think
anybody would doubt that, but as someone who has done the whole
"cheap Dell laptop" thing, let me tell you that it's not quite
the bargain it seems to be at first.  Compare the price on
something like a Thinkpad to a comparable Macbook Pro, and come
back with that.  For example, you can get a 14.1" ThinkPad with
2.0 GHz Core Duo and X1400 graphics for $2200. The Thinkpad has
a smaller screen, slower GPU, and smaller hard drive (or slower,
depending on which Macbook HDD option you pick). On the other
hand, it's a bit smaller and lighter, and $300 cheaper. Seems
like an entirely reasonable trade-off to me.  The XPS notebook
comparison is even more entertaining. The *cheapest* XPS model,
the M1710, cos