Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

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• RE: Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

  @phuk_yeu
  Have you ever opened up a typical Wintel notebook? They are generally not very well put together. I have opened up a few and was amazed that they did not fall apart on their own, as they generally have no internal structure. A MacBook Pro has a solid feel to it for a reason, the lower body is a single piece of Aluminum, to which everything it attached to. If you also check there are a few Wintel Notebooks that have the build quality of a MacBook Pro, and they cost just as much. A MacBook Pro has an elegant enclosure, while (for the most part) Wintel notebooks are just thrown together. Sure every now and then you?ll see a substandard MacBook Pro, but that it the exception not the norm. Also of note: the typical Wintel notebook is larger in dimensions with a lower screen resolution. They typically weigh more than a MacBook Pro and make more noises, in normal operation.

  

  Rick_K

  4 March, 2011 04:40

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• RE: Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

  The Sony Z series looks pretty well built and some have a true HD resolution (1080). Prices a bit cheaper for similiar specs than the Macbook Pros.Don't know how they look on the inside though...

  

  roentgen2000

  4 March, 2011 09:46

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• RE: Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

  Depending on which Macbook you buy, you can buy 2-3 laptops for the price of a Macbook. So even if one falls apart, you have spares.

  

  rgates@...

  4 March, 2011 12:27

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  • RE: Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

    @rgates@...
    
    You can buy 50 or 100 hammers for the price of a PC also.
    
    Hammers are useful tools.
    
    Hammers rarely fall apart.
    
    But they are not as productive or useful as PCs.

    

    richardw66

    5 March, 2011 06:29

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• RE: Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

  I'd like to see a direct comparison between an Macbook Pro and a T series Thinkpad. I was a certified repair tech for Apple, IBM, HP and Dell. I've personally snapped two T1 drivers off in ONE thinkpad. And I've seen them drop three feet off a desk, without even cracking one piece of plastic on one occasion; by a co-worker. I'm not a big Apple fan, but have ALWAYS said Apple builds great hardware. If you ask what I spend my money on, I've owned seven T model Thinkpads. And I use to repair laptops three out of five days a week.

  

  redwood49931@...

  4 March, 2011 17:49

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  • RE: Gallery: MacBook Pro teardown exposes Thunderbolt

    @redwood49931@...
    
    Would be interesting.
    
    My Niece bought a 17" Macbook Pro (silver model) at half price because it had been dropped off the display in the store - and the security cable had caught it - so the case was a little out of shape at the security hole.
    
    I believe the newer models are even more solidly built?

    

    richardw66

    5 March, 2011 06:31

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