Macbook Alternative

[Hari S]

Hi

 

I currently have a 2012 laptop and am looking into buying a mac book but the price is pretty steep. do you have and recommendations besides the xps and blade that will last for a while

[The Sloth]

thinkpad 

[LienusLateTips]

12 minutes ago, Hari S said:

Hi

 

I currently have a 2012 laptop and am looking into buying a mac book but the price is pretty steep. do you have and recommendations besides the xps and blade that will last for a while

ASUS Zenbook. Also the Surface Pro 4

[yathis]

I would say ASUS Zen

[kirashi]

1 hour ago, Hari S said:

Hi

 

I currently have a 2012 laptop and am looking into buying a mac book but the price is pretty steep. do you have and recommendations besides the xps and blade that will last for a while

Dell's XPS 13 and XPS 15 are highly regarded as the main competitor to whatever Apple is churning out in the MacBook Air and MacBook "Amateur" market. They can be priced similarly if you're looking for a top-spec machine, but their entry level configurations I believe start around $899-$1099.

1 hour ago, JDE said:

ASUS Zenbook. Also the Surface Pro 4

21 minutes ago, yathis said:

I would say ASUS Zen

The ZenBook is actually manufactured by the exact same ODM who now manufactures a percentage of Apple's MacBook Air: Pegatron, a sister company/spinoff of ASUS. They told Pegatron to reduce production of the ZenBook or face legal action, because apparently being anti-competitive is still a legal tactic somehow...

Sidebar: Pegatron also produces a large majority of iPads and iPhones, starting with the iPhone 5C, for which they were (still are?) the sole manufacturer.

 

Anywho, the ZenBook is a good alternative to the MacBook Air as well, although the latest ZenBooks are going the way of Apple forcing consumers to live the dongle life or upgrade ALL of their other devices at the same time.

[The Sloth]

15 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Anywho, the ZenBook is a good alternative to the MacBook Air

quality and customer service is entirely another story

[kirashi]

26 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

quality and customer service is entirely another story

Oh, absolutely. I'd much rather deal with Apple for anything service related than ... most other companies. No one seems to understand that if you bend over backwards to make your customers happy AND you offer a ... half-decent product, you'll have customers for life. Unless you force dongles upon them - I'll have to pass on those products.