The $45 Windows Laptop 299
YokimaSun writes "The search for a cheap laptop has brought us news from India of a $10 laptop (which later turned out to be a hundred dollars). Today PC Gaming News has details of a laptop which is selling for a measly 45 dollars, what do you get for that, you get a netbook running windows embedded compact 7, 128 megs of ram, a via8505 processor and a 7 inch screen capable of 800x480 pixels resolution." I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook.
"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:5, Insightful)
"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook."
What is the point of this kind of trolling in article summaries, really?
Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:1, Insightful)
"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook."
What is the point of this kind of trolling in article summaries, really?
Keep waiting. The biggest feature of apple products is the price tag. If they were cheap, they'd be no more desirable than any other notebook. It's the same thing with a prada bag vs a superior but less expensive generic.
I've got one smaller! (Score:4, Insightful)
I've got a "laptop" that's about 2 1/2 x 4 inches or so, runs Android, and doubles as a phone... Wait... It *IS* a phone!
Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm amazed how few people actually price shop before they claim the Apple laptops are overpriced. I find them to be +/- 10% of a roughly-equivalent Dell/HP/Lenovo.
It is correct to say that Apple's laptops are expensive - they don't offer anything at all on the low-end.
Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:4, Insightful)
There is no such thing as a good trackpad, they are all equally terrible. I will keep my trackpoint nub, thank you very much.
Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm amazed how few people actually price shop before they claim the Apple laptops are overpriced.
I did just that when I bought my new laptop a couple of years ago. My Toshiba cost $1100 while the closest equivalent Mac -- AFAIR it had a sligfhtly faster CPU, less RAM and a smaller hard drive -- was about $2500.
So yes, overpriced it was.
Re:$1200 is not a good price (Score:1, Insightful)
Oh I feel so guilty judging people on a forum.
Well you shouldn't feel guilty, but maybe you should feel a bit stupid because you destroy your whole argument by judging that the (millions) of people who buy MacBook Airs are vain and have more money than sense, whereas *you* obviously are the voice of sensibleness. You imply that all the reasons *you* have for liking a laptop are inherently superior to those who don't agree with you.
Ok. We get it. You don't want a mac. Fair enough. Why attack those people who *do* want one? Are they forcing you to buy one?
It used to be true that MacBooks were more expensive than *feature-equivalent* PC Laptops. That's arguably untrue nowadays, which is what the OP was saying, so now you decide if you want those features or not.
Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:3, Insightful)
I did just that when I bought my new laptop a couple of years ago. My Toshiba cost $1100 while the closest equivalent Mac -- AFAIR it had a sligfhtly faster CPU, less RAM and a smaller hard drive -- was about $2500.
Every time I've seen this sort of comparison, closer inspection has revealed that the Apple laptop in question has a number of other features that the cheaper one doesn't. Features that always drive the cost of any laptop up - and while these features may not matter to you as a purchaser, they clearly do matter to some people.
Typically these concern size, weight, construction materials and battery life.
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Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:4, Insightful)
I used to think the same thing until I used the newer Apple glass trackpads. There is no comparison, really. And the gestures are nice feature and work well.
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Re:"I'm still waiting for my under $50 Macbook." (Score:4, Insightful)
The zoom functionality works well when the application supports smooth zooming. Otherwise, it's just as clunky trying to pick one of 3 locked percentages. This is a functionality support issue.
The scrolling drives me nuts. I HATE physics emulated scrolling. A simple friction slowdown is far more controllable and intuitive TO ME.
I realize Apple user's quite enjoy their trackpad. I simply wanted to point out that there are some of us who find it gets in our way. It's not universally better, it's suited to it's target audience: you.
Re:$1200 is not a good price (Score:4, Insightful)
For what I need, I'm probably going to install Unix (FreeBSD or Linux) on it and be paying an extra $1000 or so primarily for a better trackpad and an easier to connect/disconnect power supply chord - and that is worth it to me.
I've just got to say, holy fuck!
I usually have a computer for 3 to 5 years; let's say four years on average. That's less than 70 cents a day. I use it for a fair bit of time every day, and I immediately appreciate a better trackpad (and regularly appreciate slot loading as opposed to tray loading DVD; forgot that annoyance point). I also am more likely to move to a better spot (more ergonomically wise) if there's no hassle with the power supply cord, and I'm less likely to get the machine damaged or trip from the power supply cord with the better connection.
All in all, it's worth 70 cents a day to me. If I was extremely money constrained in general, it might not be - but I have a comfortable income and having the computer I spend a lot of time on be comfortable to me is worth it.