Archive for October 2008
Mac Tax is Non-existent in New Macbooks
Since making the Intel switch the Idea of the Mac tax has been more readily tested. Apple seems to have been wary of this and has been sure to put together hardware packages that are compelling for their price points.
The recently launched MacBooks appear to be a good value when compared to the competition.
Electornista has a terrific chart breaking down a comparison with Dell, HP, and Sony.
Gizmodo also has one of the best reviews I’ve seen of the new MacBooks.
And for a while they last time pick up a great deal on the previous generation MackBook at Amazon. For $1600 you can pick up a machine with specs that are in some cases better than the current generation.
Oh and Apple is Killing firewire. At the introduction of the new MacBooks it was noted that these are some of the top selling machines in the world. Since Apple has cut firewire support for them it could mean some major hurts for those who are still using the standard. I’m not happy about it. I would have much preferred if Apple could have included some kind of mini-firewire port in the new machines. I’d pay extra if it was at least an option.
