Re: $1100 laptop shootout, MacBook vs Dell Inspiron E1045

On Sat, 19 May 2007 07:45:03 -0700, Mayor of R'lyeh wrote
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Thanks for the comparo. The Dell at $8 Dollars more has
about
$600
more in
screen size and additional features. It also Runs VISTA
while
the
mac
runs
OSX 10.4 which is clearly outdated. But at least apple seems
to be
trying.

The resolution is exactly the same. What additional features
does
the
Dell have?

BIGGER screen

Even if you don't want one.

Flash memory slot

I thought that was what USB was for? Besides, That form factor
is
obsolete.
What about SD, Form D, Memory stick?

4 USB 2 ports

So does my Macbook Pro

FS media buttons

Who cares?

VGA

DVA

S Vidio

DVA and a video adaptor.

Sound Blaster

Apple's sound is fine - always has been.

modem

Obsolete. Who needs it?

voice recognition

Mac's got that.

schedualed backup

Windows needs it

MS Works8

That's like bragging that you have syphilis!

Windows Media Center

That's like bragging that you have testicular cancer!

6 mos AOL

That's a FEATURE? I though that was a drawback.

1 yr phone support

Windows needs that too.

Any more stupid questions?

Yeah. What's your point? The thing runs Windows. We value OSX.


My point?? Did you read the thread? He asked me a question - I
gave
him
an
answer.


I'm about to replace my aging G4 iBook with a new MacBook. Its
gonna
cost
me
more than $1K. Why am I not looking at a Dell? Because its a
Windows
machine
and next to useless to me.

You are entitled to your choice - no matter how poor.



Thank you for that, now, why don't you ACT like I'm entitled to my
choice
by
not coming here and telling me (and the rest of the Mac community)
that
they
are wrong and their computer choice sucks! We''re not over on a
Windows
group
telling you Windows users that YOUR choice is poor, even though we
feel
every
bit as strongly about that as you do. See, that's what makes us
SUPERIOR
to
you. We let you choose the "dark side" and say "more power to you"
while
you
come here and torment us with our choice. The only possible answer
is
that
you Windroids are inferior, have picked the wrong computer, and
you
KNOW
it.

Then why aren't we prickly and unable to take criticism?

The purpose of this group is to compare the Mac to other systems. Us
Windows users are in the right place. If you thought that this was
supposed to be some kind of Mac only cheerleading forum then its YOU
who are in the wrong place.

Is trolling "comparing"? NO
Is denigrating "comparing"? NO
is insulting "comparing"? NO

None of you meet the criteria.

Poor, George. He can't see that poking holes in his religion and
telling the simple truth that his god is a mass produced consumer good
with no sentience is not trolling, denigrating or insulting. Its
simply telling the truth. And its a truth that George can't handle.

A Mac is merely a computer. Why you would want to think that I
believe
otherwise, is a problem between you Windroids and your analysts.

It couldn't have anything t do with all those posts where you feel
compelled to tell lies about other OSs to build up MacOS could it?

There are
two mainstream computer platforms, I have chosen what is, for me, the
better
of the two. There is no religion involved, there are no delusions, its
a
simple choice. I prefer one over the other.

You have a habit of saying things like this when chalenged butgoing
right back to preaching your Mac sermons the next day.
Its like your denials of being a price tag snob but being unable to
talk about anything without slapping a price tag on it.

The fact that I did not choose
the same one that you chose does not make me evil, crazy, or a
religious
fanatic.

No it doesn't. I can't recall anyone saying that youre evil. You're a
loon alright but I suspect that you were one before you ever saw a
computer. YOu are most definitely a religious fanatic forthe Church of
the Holy Mac though.

It also doesn't make me a bad person.

No one said it did. It just makes you highly mockable.

OTOH, the fact that you, and
those like you come here to tell me that my choice makes me evil,
crazy,
and
a fanatic does make you and your fellow travelers at least a bit odd.
And
that's the truth.

Like I said our mocking of the mentally challenged isn'tour finest
hour but you guys make it so damn easy that its hard to resist. When I
first came here I was sure that you guys were joking. It wasn' until I
realized just how serious you are that it got entertaining.


That alone tells what a sick person YOU are. I rest my case.

Devastating retort, George. You're going to have to give me a couple
of weeks to recover. I couldn't help but notice a lack of refutation
and denial though....

Its not meant as a retort. It's merely an observation.

1) A normal Windows user wouldn't come here in the first place (billions
don't, after all).

'Normal' users of any OS don't come here. Most people aren't on Usenet
at all. Most Mac users aren't here either. Your point is meaningless.

But the point is that you AREN'T a Mac user, Clyde. In fact you demonstrate
nothing but disdain for any and all Apple products. Infact, its more than
simple disdain, its out-and-out hostility. Do "normal" PC users do that? I
don't think so,


2) A sane, secure, Windows user wouldn't care what went on in a Mac NG.

The purpose of this group is to compare the Mac to other systems.

Yes, when are you going to start? More importantly, what has that to do with
sane, secure Windows users?

You
can keep denying that and keep on insistingthat this is supposed to be
a Mac cheerleading camp but you'll just be wrong.

I never intimated that it was anything other than a place to compare
platforms. But you and your fellow travellers, for the most part, don't do
that. You denigrate, belittle, make fun of, and are, generally just plain
nasty, sick people.

3) A sane, secure, Windows user, having accidentally dropped into this NG,
would shrug his shoulders and immediately leave.

LOL! Not once he got a gander at the insanity you Maccies rant on
about in here.

There's no insanity here. What you see is a reaction (sometimes an
overreaction, to be sure) to the constant attacks by mindless trolls and
WinScum.

I wish you had the ability to step back and observe
this group with an objective eye. You'd see how hilarious you guys
are.

4) A little less sane and secure Windows user might post one post: "Macs
Suck" and move on.

I can't help but notice thaty you are trying to define your opponents
as being insane. Zah, Stalina!, eh George?

You are. Its the only logical conclusion.

5) The sick, totally insecure about their platform choice, would come here
and stay.

Don't be so hard on yourself, George.

Guess which group you're in?

I don't know, Soviet psychiatrist George. Which GULAG do you want to
stick me in?

alt.windows-xp

More importantly, look at your fellow travelers:

Pratt - a psychopath

zara - another psychopath

Edwin - a loser from the word "go"

PC Guy - a knowledgeable zara

Slade - a Windows fanatic with commercial interests feeding his fanaticism

LOL! Zah, Stalina! tothe end, eh? What you fail to notice is those
guys are so successful at jerking your chain that they can make you
and your fellow Maccies sing a song at will. Its hilarious to watch.

There are other, lesser members of the WinScum club, but those are the main
ones - along with yourself, that is. All of these guys seem to be
marginally
educated blue-collar workers. None are professionals (AFAICT). Some seem
relatively bright, but most are as dull as dirt.

Setting aside the blatant clasism, how would you know what any of them
do?

Contrast these with the Mac users:

1) Most of us use our real names

a) At least as many Macciesuse handles as do Windows users in here.
b) This only becomes an 'issue' when a Maccie is on the losing end of
an argument.
c) I've never sen a Maccie take another Maccie totask for using a
handle. I have seen a Maccie have a screaming fit about me using a
handle and then post under one himself.
d) You supported Joe when he was insisting tht we all use his handle
so you're clearly a hypocrite on the issue.

2) Most of us have college degrees

LOL! Yeah just ask Polaski. Seriously, most Maccies don't seem bright
enough to have graduated from the third grade let alone college.

Funny, I was going to make the same comment about most of your fellow
travelers.

But
what does it matter? Are you going to try and equate intelligence with
a degree?

No. Just trying to show, that on average, Mac users are better educated than
most Windows users.

The brightest guy I ever met was a high school dropout. The
dumbest SOB I ever met had multiple advanced degrees.

There are exceptions to everything.


3) Most of us are professionals, many in creative fields

I'm sure that almost everyone in here is in some kind of professional
field.


Like YOU for instance? LOL!


4) None of us ever feel the need to post to Windows news groups, don't care
who uses Windows or why - and are secure in our platform choice.

The way you have to grossly inflate the contributions of Apple and
puff up every little thing that comes out of Cupertino shows that you
are far from secure in yor platform choice.

Since I don't do the above, I am.

And you don't go to
Windows groups because they're not as entertaining not being populated
by a bunch of rah-rh kooks like the Maccies in here.

We don't go there because we DON'T CARE what's going-on in the Windows world.
Its a dull place full of dull people.


Makes you think, doesn't it?

It makes me thing that you're full of both shit and yourself.

I doubt seriously if anything makes you think, Clyde, I'm sorry I brought it
up.

It also makes me reflect on how you constantly lie about Windows

I never lie about Windows. All I've ever said about it is that I don't like
it, and I don't.

and lie about where you live.

You're confused. You're the one who lies about where I live. Not me.

It makes me recal about how you love to regale us with
tales about how much money you have and all the expensive things you
own but live in a dump on the poor side of town.

Clyde calls me a liar while lying - a new low, even for him. How many times
do I have to tell you. That place doesn't exist any more? Go ahead, send a
letter to my old address and watch it get kicked back to you by the post
office. Those places were torn-down almost a year ago. And it was NEVER the
"poor side of town". That's your tale and at the time you made it up, several
people here who have lived in this area refuted it (and you ignored their
input as you ignore any info that's counter to your (usually) lying position
on any subject).


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