[ale] stupid pricing games

[Geoffrey]

Pat Regan wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>>> Dell isn't the only manufacturer using the shiny displays, everyone is.
>> Well, they must be using different technologies.  My daughters MacBook 
>> Pro has a 'glossy' display, but it is fine.  I have a client who picked 
>> up a high end Dell laptop and it is absolutely terrible.  I don't know 
>> what the differences in the way Apple vs Dell are, but it's a world of 
>> difference as far as I can see.
>>
>>
>> Well, I guess it might be a vendor issue.
>>
> 
> I would certainly hope Apple is using more expensive displays in their
> laptops.
> 
> Everyone's "budget" laptops (for some loose definition of the word) have
> the same sort of plastic coated screen as mine does.  It would surprise
> me if many of the other manufacturers aren't buying the same screens as
> Dell is.
> 
> I wish I knew what actually caused the scratches.  If I dropped a small
> screw or something in there, the scratches are entirely understandable.
>  If it was caused by a crumb from a donut I'd be pretty disappointed
> (and probably impressed by the donut!).
> 
> I imagine the truth lies somewhere in between :).

Well, the dell I'm comparing my Mac with is a top of the line high end 
laptop, so I would have expected it to have a 'top of the line high end' 
display.  The damn thing is like a freaking mirror.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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