Apple Sweeps Consumer Reports' Laptop Recommendations
NYTimes reports that in the most recent issue of Consumer Reports, Apple's laptops rated highest across the 13", 14"-16" and 17" laptop categories.
Consumer Reports rates laptop computers on performance, ergonomics, versatility, display, speakers, battery life and weight and provides an aggregate score. Scores for Apple's MacBook, 15" MacBook Pro, and 17" MacBook Pro exceeded all others in each of their categories, earning high recommendations from the publication.
The cost of the machines reviewed, however, varied widely with computers ranging from $600 to $2800 being compared in the same categories. These results come shortly after Microsoft's most recent laptop hunters ad which features a film-maker looking for a laptop computer for video editing. Microsoft's is pushing the price argument strongly in their recent ad campaign, while Apple has argued that "a PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want."
Consumer Reports rates laptop computers on performance, ergonomics, versatility, display, speakers, battery life and weight and provides an aggregate score. Scores for Apple's MacBook, 15" MacBook Pro, and 17" MacBook Pro exceeded all others in each of their categories, earning high recommendations from the publication.
The cost of the machines reviewed, however, varied widely with computers ranging from $600 to $2800 being compared in the same categories. These results come shortly after Microsoft's most recent laptop hunters ad which features a film-maker looking for a laptop computer for video editing. Microsoft's is pushing the price argument strongly in their recent ad campaign, while Apple has argued that "a PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want."
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36 months ago
This may help me convince a few people I know that are on the cusp of switching to a Mac.
36 months ago
= Macs are worth the price, you get what you pay for (you know the drill)
"Steve Jobs: We're better than you are! We have better stuff.
Bill Gates: You don't get it, Steve. That doesn't matter!"
Does it Matter?
"Steve Jobs: We're better than you are! We have better stuff.
Bill Gates: You don't get it, Steve. That doesn't matter!"
Does it Matter?
36 months ago
What a surprise :rolleyes:
I like this, but I figure the macbooks are also much toward the higher end of the price spectrum
I like this, but I figure the macbooks are also much toward the higher end of the price spectrum
36 months ago
Still the best laptops. If I want an all around good laptop it would be a Mac.
You do indeed get what you pay for.
You do indeed get what you pay for.
36 months ago
Of course, in the performance to cost ratio category, which is currently the most important to me, Macs fail. But I'm guessing that's not important to most consumers, and thus a Mac is a good buy. Especially the current Macbook line.
I'd like to know the specifics of how the MBP scored, however. That thing is outrageously priced for its limited improvements over even the baseline white Macbook.
I'd like to know the specifics of how the MBP scored, however. That thing is outrageously priced for its limited improvements over even the baseline white Macbook.
36 months ago
Of course, in the performance to cost ratio category, which is currently the most important to me, Macs fail. But I'm guessing that's not important to most consumers, and thus a Mac is a good buy. Especially the current Macbook line.
I'd like to know the specifics of how the MBP scored, however. That thing is outrageously priced for its limited improvements over even the baseline white Macbook.
The Pro also came in first in both categories for the 15 and 17.
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