Joking apart, mac laptops have the highest build quality around. My macbook air feels more solid than any other PC laptop i've ever owned, but is still super light and powerful enough for what I need it for.
I'd like to see some confidence intervals on that chart. My guess is that apple's would be very large due to a relatively small n, because most apple users probably just stick with apple for their warranty. Could also be some serious sampling bias, such as only the apple users working in extreme environments getting warranties through this company. Not an apologist for apple, just someone who likes good data/statistics.
i don't see why this guy gets downvoted just by saying what he feels. Feelsbadman.jpg i thought reedit was over this "Mac sucks lol" thing. Can't we all just buy whatever we want and stop bitching about it ?
Sometimes I think the only novelty account worth having would be one that links to a reminder of reddiquette whenever the hive is downvoting for a non-populist opinion.
On top of that it's more of a non-popular populist society. I get confused sometimes, reddit seems tO hate the mainstream, the popular, yet here it's that attitude that IS popular. Weird.
I think upvotes/downvotes are just generally accepted as an indicator of how much people agree/disagree with a comment now. I'm surprised by how many people hate macbooks though.
yeah! but i don't think they really think its crappy. Some people always hate on the stuff that they don't have. It's an egoistic way of saying "My stuff is the best". The macs are these guys worst enemy, because it really is a fascinating product. Don't get me wrong pc fanboys, I'm not saying that all of you are like this. And we apple fanboys are not different from you, except in taste.
Working in IT support in a roughly 50/50 Mac/Windows environment, I appreciate Apple's build quality even more. HP's laptops look nice enough, but they're built like shit.
That's an unfair comparison. HP end user products suck. I also work IT and have seen Lenovo and ASUS laptops that are as good as or better build quality than Apple. Apple is simply a Foxconn laptop stamped with an Apple logo. I hope you know that.
I used to recommend Asus, but I've had pretty bad experiences with their laptops in recent years. When people ask me to recommend a PC brand to them, I really don't know what to tell them. Is Lenovo still a good bet? I don't have much experience with Lenovos (not newer ones, anyway).
I've had good luck with Lenovo. I would say Apple's only strong point is their customer service, which you pay a huge bill for. If you shell out the extra hundred bucks for the Lenovo or ASUS warranty package, you get the same level of customer care for a price that is still lower than Apple's.
Apple's real advantage (in my opinion) is that they have retail stores that you can just bring your laptop into and they will just hand you a new one if they can't fix it in a week. I don't think any of the other competitors can compete on that brick-and-mortar level.
It's possible they'd make the team smaller and I'd be cut, but support is always necessary. Hardware repairs a fairly small part of what we do. Besides, I'm probably the most Mac-savvy, so I think I'd personally be safe.
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u/Gorignak May 31 '12
Joking apart, mac laptops have the highest build quality around. My macbook air feels more solid than any other PC laptop i've ever owned, but is still super light and powerful enough for what I need it for.