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Re:System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house by d0vs on Thursday April 20, 2017 @06:00AM (#14155334)
Compare the cheapest Mac ($1000) to an $800 ASUS:

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air

https://www.amazon.com/i5-6300HQ-keyboard-Microsoft-signatur...

The ASUS has:

- a larger screen

- a better CPU

- a better GPU

- as much memory

- more storage

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Re:System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house by sanswork on Thursday April 20, 2017 @06:24AM (#14155437)
-disappointing screen quality(size isn't the only thing that matters)

-twice the weight

-1/4th the battery hours

-one of the worst touch pads around

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Re:System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house by Lio on Thursday April 20, 2017 @06:23AM (#14155430)
That's maybe not a great comparison, it's a different class of product with worse battery life and much heavier. The MacBook Air has been optimised for a different use case.
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Re:System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house by H4CK3RM4N on Thursday April 20, 2017 @06:23AM (#14155435)
The MacBook Air is an outdated product.

The closest real comparison is the MacBook Pro to the Surface Pro, in which case the MacBook is better at every price tier(expect for the touchscreen which is totally useful).

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Re:System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house by adrianN on Thursday April 20, 2017 @07:47AM (#14155804)
...an outdated product for $1k.
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