Comments on: New Retina MacBook Pro Vs Windows Ultrabooks: Who wins http://nvonews.com/2012/06/14/new-retina-macbook-pro-vs-windows-ultrabooks-who-wins/ Striving For An Informed World Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Caleb http://nvonews.com/2012/06/14/new-retina-macbook-pro-vs-windows-ultrabooks-who-wins/#comment-537401 Caleb Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:04:59 +0000 http://nvonews.com/?p=37760#comment-537401 First- the RAM options are 8/16, not 4/8. You forgot to mention that for that extra $700, you get a much higher pixel density, FLASH, and os X, all on a much thinner, prettier laptop that's half as heavy, not nearly as loud, fan wise, has great speakers, and has much better battery life. The only thing going for the asus is the optional 3d. Of course, I know people who bought cars for $2000... First- the RAM options are 8/16, not 4/8.
You forgot to mention that for that extra $700, you get a much higher pixel density, FLASH, and os X, all on a much thinner, prettier laptop that’s half as heavy, not nearly as loud, fan wise, has great speakers, and has much better battery life.
The only thing going for the asus is the optional 3d.
Of course, I know people who bought cars for $2000…

]]> By: Jonathan Jeon http://nvonews.com/2012/06/14/new-retina-macbook-pro-vs-windows-ultrabooks-who-wins/#comment-537216 Jonathan Jeon Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:30:05 +0000 http://nvonews.com/?p=37760#comment-537216 Ok, I have to disagree with the price argument of this author. Firstly, MacBook Pro is for professional - it was never meant for an average users (MacBook Air is for average daily users). Pro is rather for professional graphic designers, sound engineers, or other business users. My Gateway business laptop cost me around $4,000. So when it comes to pricing of MacBook Pro, I don't think it's a argument that you should be posing in comparison with the Ultrabooks. I also own HP TC series tablet laptops with docking stations - which amounts to be about $1800 ~2000 depending on the setup. But still I believe that the new MacBook Pro is reasonably priced for business class laptop. To have this argument to compare it to ultra book (which is a daily use laptop) shows that NVO news does not recognize products intent correctly, which shows rather poor quality of journalism. Ok, I have to disagree with the price argument of this author.

Firstly, MacBook Pro is for professional – it was never meant for an average users (MacBook Air is for average daily users). Pro is rather for professional graphic designers, sound engineers, or other business users. My Gateway business laptop cost me around $4,000. So when it comes to pricing of MacBook Pro, I don’t think it’s a argument that you should be posing in comparison with the Ultrabooks.

I also own HP TC series tablet laptops with docking stations – which amounts to be about $1800 ~2000 depending on the setup. But still I believe that the new MacBook Pro is reasonably priced for business class laptop.

To have this argument to compare it to ultra book (which is a daily use laptop) shows that NVO news does not recognize products intent correctly, which shows rather poor quality of journalism.

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