jwdawso

tht said:

jwdawso said:

tht said:

jwdawso said:

This is not a review, but rather a paid advertisement. There is no assessment whatsoever. How do the keyboards feel when typing? The trackpads? How do the speakers compare listening wise? How do the displays look? The “AppleInsider” brand is being milked. 

Yup. It is not a review. It's a comparison. Very popular and much requested type of article here AI, and fortunately, they don't take a lot of work-hours for them to do.

Whether something is "review" these days is a very good question, even for the formally named "review" articles. There aren't any in-depth evaluations, from a customer perspective, from reviews these days.

You are right - it’s a comparison, not a review. It is still a paid advertisement. BTW - a comparison doesn’t mean just comparing the spec sheets. The speaker sound can also be compared. The screen quality can also be compared. The track pad feel can also be compared. Etc, etc.  AI is just hurting its brand by accepting advertisements like these. Disappointing. 

Your take is rather extreme. AI is a tech website or perhaps blog. They make money through ads and affiliate links. They aren’t being paid by Dell or Apple to write the article.

Comparison articles, just comparisons of the paper specs, like these are one of those cheap-to-do articles that people want to see. So, they do them. They have been doing these comparison articles for years and years now. 

If you want to read an in-depth comparison of hardware, you are not going to find it on sites that are trying to be a business. You may find it as blog entry somewhere as someone’s passion project, but it’s not going to happen with more formal tech websites. 

tht said:

jwdawso said:

This is not a review, but rather a paid advertisement. There is no assessment whatsoever. How do the keyboards feel when typing? The trackpads? How do the speakers compare listening wise? How do the displays look? The “AppleInsider” brand is being milked. 

Yup. It is not a review. It's a comparison. Very popular and much requested type of article here AI, and fortunately, they don't take a lot of work-hours for them to do.

Whether something is "review" these days is a very good question, even for the formally named "review" articles. There aren't any in-depth evaluations, from a customer perspective, from reviews these days.