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Originally Posted by mdnky  Not really a fair comparison......There's just no way to do a real good comparison given the specs. The HP is not in the same class, it's more of a mid level book vs. high-end. |
What he said
what mdnky says includes an interesting point, the less tangible benefits of getting a Mac, and what they are worth (beside the smug/cool factor that is
). The ability to run OS X is a benefit of course, as is being to run all major operating systems (simultaneously if you spend the extra for Parallels).
On the other hand, given my recent experience (two MBPs sent back within a week before I got a decent one), I'm not sure about build quality. I HOPE that what i experienced was bad QA and that, as with my earlier macs, if its not broken form the outset it will last a long time, but things do seem to have changed a bit here.
I guess this leads to a longer discussion but mdlarson's post brought it to mind.
Welcome back MD by the way.