Comments on: I want a new laptop: Sony FZ, Dell M1530, ASUS V2S, or MacBook Pro

By: Janiliewa

Janiliewa — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:14:19 +0000

MacBook is really cool.You will enjoy many lovely features that are not available in a laptop with Windows OS.l love my MacBook and also recommend it to you. :)

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:41:16 +0000

I prefer sony laptop,but sony’s price is very price.So I choose dell inspiron M1530 laptop in finally.http://www.discount-laptopbattery.com/dell-xps-m1530.htm

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By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:28:58 +0000

The HP DV3000 sounds great, but just like LG’s sweat little 13.3 powerhouse the P300 , it’s available only in Asia at the moment.

By: Muhammad Ismail Faruqi

Muhammad Ismail Faruqi — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:53:17 +0000

Try HP dv3000. It`s 13.3 and has eSATA. Don`t know whether it has a dock though.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:22:35 +0000

Hey @try leopard out first, You’ve got me laughing.
Over the past few months, I’ve settled down my need for an Apple, removing OSX from my laptop replacement as my main machine. The PC companies wised up quite a bit and there’s a lot of nice machines out there now (the new e-series forthcoming from Dell actually look really nice). And Apple seems to be playing catchup with a lot of technologies (why they don’t have eSata for all those graphics pros?). Wait until Apple finally releases a touch screen/tablet laptop, those fans will make a lot of noise, even though PC laptop users started with it in 2003ish…
I came to the conclusion that what I really needed was a way to test some software on OSX, and that I’d rather stick with my trusted and true toolset, Windows XP that so dialed and tweaked.
Not to mention, a few weeks ago I was at my friends house using their Mac and Safari crashed 3 times in the 15 minutes I was using it by just surfing the web. Two of my other friends with Macs have had have things fixed at the Apple store on it (so I’m not so sure one is really paying for Apple quality). And personally, Apple still leaves a bad impression in my mouth about the iPod I purchased that lasted about 13 months. And who’s a big fan of total lock-in?
And for the $2500 price tag that Mac Book Pro was going to cost, I could afford a $600 mac mini, which was plenty powerful for testing software and a $1900 kickin’ laptop with Blu Ray, plenty of RAM, processor and decent enough graphics.
There’s a few pieces of software that I wanted on OSX, Final Cut Pro, Quicksilver, and I prefer their 3 column file manager view (I’ve tried a lot of buggy windows software that tried to mimic this). Nothing can be done for Final Cut Pro (but I’m no pro video editor and sometimes my wants are eclipsed by my needs), but for the later, there’s plenty of sexy launchers on Windows now — I’ve been using DashCommand, and while there’s a lot of great explorer alternatives, I’m still just using mostly command line. I still haven’t found my ideal Explorer replacement…but it’s all workable. And Picasa image editor I feel tops iPhoto by far. Nor was I never was in love with the OSX keyboard. Lenovo, now that’s a keyboard.
There’s also the laugh-out-of-the-boardroom factor with Apple. It doesn’t get the respect from the business folks. But, I still like that silver chasis….so oh well…it’s all just tools to me. 10 hours sitting at a keyboard looking at a monitor, is still 10 hours at a keyboard and a monitor.

By: try leopard out first (like a week) before you get an mbp!!

try leopard out first (like a week) before you get an mbp!! — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:18:57 +0000

falling prey to the apple marketing machine, i bought my first mac (macbook pro) last september.

today, i’m looking for deals on a thinkpad t61p (and preying someone will be dumb enough to buy my mbp from me).

i’ve never used an OS so unreliable and unstable. it’s like using a virus-ridden public school computer–only it looks good and is overpriced. and i don’t care what anyone says: if you can’t maximize a screen with a click, something’s messed up. and i’d like to break that huge mouse clicker into two, so i can finally have a dedicated right click button.

if you’re not a creative professional who needs final cut (or whatever creative apps that are mac-only), you really want to think long and hard before shelling out so much cash for an mbp. oh yeah, i’ve tried parallels and fusion. moving windows around in fusion was all choppy (and fusion was all confused using spaces), and i have to do a cold restart after a few days of leaving parallels loaded with xp (although apps do seem to work decently–but again, it’s NOT like using it on the main OS).

some other observations: office 08 sucks compared to its windows’ counterpart, there is no official blackberry syncing software for the mac, as far as i know there’s no way to modem-tether a blackberry curve over bluetooth (it works fine on xp), mbp’s have sleep/wake issues which require a cold restart (sucks while you’re in class and about to get called on while your damn computer has held your notes hostage; though this problem seems to have gotten better with the os updates), the keyboard is NOT crisp (feels slightly mushy and under-sensitive), i can’t use the scanner function on my printer b/c there’s no mac driver, and the display can’t bend back much beyond the 90 degree up-position (i get the urge to just snap the damn thing off). and this is stupid, but i think the thing looks way too effeminate–that huge, glowing apple on back of the display. god i hate that thing.

so all in all, i’m ready to be microsoft’s bitch again. after trying out the sexy-dumb broad, i’m ready to go back to the ugly-smart one. just need to take out some more student loans, i guess. what a waste. but if you want to look like a pretentious, effeminate hipster, this is definitely the machine to buy. god i hate that glowing apple. i have the urge to break the thinkpad that sits next to my mbp in class b/c i’m jealous. i’m, crazy but i know the apple OS is not fit for human consumption. well, i guess if you’re a “creative professional,” you may have a lot more time to troubleshoot with applecare.

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By: simona

simona — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:38:56 +0000

WOW ! The new Latitude E seems to break into a new chasis, much thinner than usual Dell’s bulky laptops. I’d expect an HDMI port & discrete graphics as well :-)
Thanks Todd !

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:10:13 +0000

Just thought I’ll clarify;
‘I think if Apple really wanted to boost sales, I should be able to walk in and see Microsoft Outlook running on a Mac Book Pro as I have no doubt in my mind this would cause more Macs to fly off the shelf.’

Apple 101: OS X offers a change to Windows and Mail is almost the OS X equivalent of Outlook in Windows. I say almost because I use Mail since I started with my MacBook and never really used Outlook back on my Windows Desktop. Apple store staff however, can easily name applications that comes with a standard Windows system and name you alternatives.

Now with (MS) Mac Office 2008 shipping, there is Entourage (apparently an Outlook type of program) shipped along with Office. Again, I don’t use it so can’t comment.

I was converted 16 months ago and have found my simple MacBook with 2.0GHz Core Duo + 2GB RAM more than enough for my student needs (gaming aside for my Xbox360) Anyway, hope you find your ultimate system soon : )