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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Depending on how you look at it, Apple is not "way behind" in laptops.
Give me a direct competitor to the Air series. It 'aint the Sony Vaio Z's (too thick). A direct competitor doesn't exist.
You mentioned the unibodies yourself. There are other components that are 'top shelf' in the MBP's as well. That can taken into account when pricing competing laptops... or you can buy the consumer-grade 'equivalent' Dell that has the build quality of wet cardboard.
None of that has taken me to the dark side myself. I own three laptops (personal netbook, personal full-size, and a business workstation laptop) and none of them are Apples. But I'd like to replace the netbook with an Air some day...
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In regards to the features I stated, Apple is in dire need of a refresh. Based on the rumor mill though that should be happening this week.
There are plenty of direct 13" Air competitors size wise. Just do a google search for "Macbook Air Competitor." The 11" doesn't have any competitors because no one has the cojones to bring out a $1000 netbook except for Apple and the thing looks awesome.
I was simply arguing price parity can be achieved in any cherry picked scenario, but on the whole if you want performance parity you're going to save a lot of money going with a PC. But yes, you're not going to beat an aluminum unibody in terms of fit and finish. About the only thing that would be more bad ass would be to have a magnesium unibody. However, even the laptops with magnesium cases are rinky dink, no more than a millimeter in thickness. And they are definitely NOT machined, likely cold rolled and then punch formed or something. Machining magnesium is inherently very dangerous due to the possibility of ignition of chips and dust if precautions aren't taken.