Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta
by m_mueller on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:55PM
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Aren't they roughly the same price as Macbooks?
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta
by UnoriginalGuy on Friday July 28, 2017 @09:13PM
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There's no way to answer that without a bias.
It depends which Mac you feel is most comparable to the Surface Laptop, what value is placed on Touchbar (if any), what value is placed on a touchscreen (if any), how much value you place on a slightly faster integrated GPU or a slightly faster CPU (Macbook Pro 13" or Surface Laptop respectively), and numerous other metrics.
Broadly speaking I'd likely say, "similar," but there might also be a $200 saving buying the Surface Laptop relative to a similarly spec-ed Macbook Pro 13". I don't consider that a significant saving when we're discussion laptops costing over $1200, but the savings grow as price increases.