The One Good Thing About My Dead Laptop...
is that I am now 100% positive I will never own an Apple computer as my primary computer. Their "cuteness" can't cover up the fact that trying to do practical, everyday things like make spreadsheets is horrible with their application. Oh, but wait, you say you can run MS Office on a Mac? You're right...but doesn't that negate the whole point of even owning an Apple product...because you want to be innovative and new and different?
Can you tell I'm sour? I'm trying to make a spreadsheet to compare laptops I like and it's taking 10x as long as it should because I can't stand Apple's spreadsheet formatting. I guess if you like playing with widgets an Apple is good.
Anyway, I had Best Buy check my hard drive and they were able to power it up, but couldn't get anything off of it. I think I'm going to just forget about trying to do any data recovery since most places will charge around $200, and the data I lost is not worth $200 to me. Two of the laptops I really like are the IBM Thinkpad X61 and the Dell XPS M1330. Both have 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Harddrive, and smaller screens (12" and 13" respectively). The only bad thing is they are both around $1100. The Dell does come with a 3 year warranty and the IBM only comes with a 1 year warranty. I like the idea of the 3 year warranty. They are both considered "ultra thin" laptops which I really want in a laptop, but the packaging scares me since everything is so close together.
I like being that boring guy in the Apple commericals... I can get my work done faster.
4 comments:
Hi David
Just dropped by to see what you had to say about the XPS m1330, and wanted to say thank you for the feedback. Appreciate the perspective on what you consider in purchasing and how we stack up. Good luck with your impending purchase.
Who are these strangers that read your Blog? That's weird, D.
Hey Dell person, since I said something good about your computer can you give me a free one to try out?
I recommend Open Office for your office-product needs on your Apple. I've heard good things about it, and I believe it's compatible with every OS.
Regarding your arguments against all Apple computers, I think the fact that Apple can dual boot Windows is pretty neat. You get the applications and familiarity you want, with the sleek packaging, widgets, and internet security provided by the MAC OS (& accompanying products). I don't think dual booting Windows (or Linux or whatever else you want to boot) defeats the purpose of owning an Apple product. It's kind of like how Office 2007 has a compatibility file type that works with Offices 1997-2003. It's a way to keep everything working while still using the desired product.
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