shahhet2

Nope. There's no way the 2015 model is leading record growth for Mac sales. That's just the techie-blogger-echo-chamber-whiner narrative, put forth by the usuals such as Marco Arment. As usual, his ultra-niche wants do no represent the mass market of consumers and pro consumers. The echo chamber is out of touch.

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javacowboy said:

You're kidding right? Browsing on Dell's site I see a Lattitude with 8Gb of RAM and 128 Gb of SSD for $1,619.00.

Three weeks ago I purchased Dell New Open Box 2 in 1 with skylake processor, i5 8GB RAM(Upgradable to 16 GB), and 255GB SSD(Upgradable) with full touch screen,13" and( 15" IPS display), with 360 table mode and Aluminium Chassis like Macbook Pro for $435 with full one year warranty. Brand new was $500. Same deal with same configuration was there for HP Spectre and Lenovo 710 on alternate weeks for $500. Guess who is savvy shopper and who is blind trust in one brand shopper.

Since you avoided giving exact model for comparison I searched for HP Spectre - the new one and it came in at $1000ish from their web site.  Then of course there was the upgrade for the operating system to "pro" (I never used Home) -- and it used the HD level graphics (I believe Macbook Pros from Apple tend to use the one for Iris level graphics which come out much later in the cycle).  But then you would have to pay me to use windows again  

When doing comparisons on price, people often pick the farthest model away based on build/component quality.  There is some good hardware out for Windows/Linux machines - but rarely do they come in at that great of savings.

I am hoping you are smart enough to search a deal for it and not always give out max price what it shows, unless you are in habit of paying asking price. As said just small search will give you results for all three models in last 4 weeks only and it keeps coming every other week. My model was Dell  I7368.
Here is one one example for $799
http://www.adorama.com/le80ru00fsus.html?sdtid=8977427&emailprice=t&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=rflaid62905

OK, so you wanted to cheap out.... rather low resolution screen (HD not retina), old low level Intel HD Graphics 520 rather than Intel Iris level.  If they are hitting those low points, but the deal breaker for me is the extremely slow SSD that they put in it (and even then a very small one to start with).

Lol,there is no pointing arguing with a guy who has made up his miding spending more. Display for Dell is IPS FHD and not just HD. Have you seen $799 link I gave you? Tell me similarly configured Mac and then come back to me.

Display is FHD.... do you know what FHD is?  it is "Full HD" i.e. 1080p not 720p (I had that back in my last Dell laptop more than a decade ago).   The display you are screaming about is old old old technology....

Google the difference between IPS FHD and FHD and then argue more.
Here from Dell site saying it is IPS FHD.
13.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Truelife LED-Backlit Touch Display with Wide Viewing Angle (IPS)

They are two different acronyms for two different factors within the monitor.

IPS is the display technology and it is the more common display technology in "affordable" displays.  Most laptop displays are going to use IPS (unless they are OLED).  Typically better colour than the older technology TN but slower.

The other acronym is the resolution.  FHD is "Full HD" which is the resolution that you have mentioned (1080p), which is HALF the resolution of the retina screens.

My Dell laptop from more than a decade ago was FHD resolution....  

So -- yay! you have a laptop with half the resolution.... big advancement  

javacowboy said:

You're kidding right? Browsing on Dell's site I see a Lattitude with 8Gb of RAM and 128 Gb of SSD for $1,619.00.

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sog35 said:

Bought 300 shares at $99. 

May drop even more but does not matter.

I'm holding these suckers for 10+ years.

Then you have already lost money. You never learn.