Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth

Post by sorbus » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 7:49 PM UTC

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Asus has superior build quality to Apple (measured in failures within 3 years; Apple is around 17% and Asus is 15%, as I recall), lots of original designs (they started the netbook craze, and have a line of laptops made with bamboo), and they don't look half bad either. The U36Jc is completely comparable spec-wise to the 13-inch macbook pro, except for lacking an optical drive, while costing $200 less. It also has be…

I suspect this is more of a branding issue. Macbook Pro is a relatively memorable name; U36Jc took me longer to type than the rest of this sentence, let alone remember (I won't). Apple is better at being the original-design-brand, even if they're not the only brand doing awesome original design.

Post by recoiledsnake » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 7:52 PM UTC

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> Quite a few years ago, Apple was one of the design leaders in the laptop space, then others caught up, more or less. The same thing happened in the smartphone space. Who are these companies? Seriously. Have you used an Apple product side by side with a non Apple equivalent? Does any company come close to the build quality or original design of Apple? If other companies are almost catching up, it still means they ar…

Design, in this case, is mostly a matter of taste. Having said that, I prefer design of VAIOs over Apple Macbooks for example. Newer HPs are good too.

Post by cjeane » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 7:57 PM UTC

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You see, Apple loves to talk about specs when it is in its best interest (speeds and feeds). Generalizing, You see, [companies] love to talk about [what] is in its best interest.

And thankfully, good journalists will call them out on it. I'd argue that's an important function of journalism, even.

Post by Tichy » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 7:59 PM UTC

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I hate when people compare Apple products specs with the other competitors. I mean, if a device runs smooth including apps, and no crashes. Why the hell do I need to know if Xoom as 1GB and iPad2 has only 256mb ? This will only shows that the iPad was better developed in terms of memory optimization then any another other >= 1GB device that does the exact same thing.

Post by kgermino » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

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I can't speak for design, I know most people think that Thinkpads look ugly, however regarding build quality I own a Thinkpad T500 I bought 2 years ago and I have: +Dropped it way more times than I can count, usually while closed and turned off but also while it was running, and while it was open (both running and not). +Totally stood on it, putting my full weight on the closed lid many times. +Left it running in my…

It's not just build quality, it's also aesthetics. You say you can't speak for design, but that's what most people care about more than the ability to bounce their laptop off of concrete. That's why the average consumer isn't in the market for a Toughbook.