01-10-2015, 06:10 AM
Lew Zealand wrote:
Yes, there is one. I'd rather have the 13" MBPr for pretty much the same money ($1299 and up, $1099 at the refurb store), the extra 0.9 lb is fine with me. And that's for a single reason - OS X. Windows 7 is fine though I find Windows 8 to be a poor fit for a non-tablet.
I'm very interested in how it compares to the 13" MBPr though conventional wisdom will have it compared to the MBA because of their similar weights.
The real question to me is whether the buying public can be convinced to buy more expensive PCs, most of which are worth the money, when all they get bombarded with is this $249 Chromebook and that $299 Pentium laptop. And similarly priced tablets. IMO the public sees a PC laptop and expects a price less than $400 and if they want a Mac they start saving (or pop it on a credit card). I think they see $1299 PC laptops as not worth it, even though they are.
Thank you for your thoughts. Very interesting.