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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by wredue on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:28AM (#36916922)
Surface laptops are priced pretty well on par with apple for a worse screen, quality, and battery life.

Literally no other laptop provides a competitive battery life, screen or build even compared to the surface. I literally just bought a new laptop 3 months ago, and almost zero windows laptops were reasonably competitive with the MacBook for a dev.

Could just be because I have a powerful gaming PC, but I definitely found that windows laptops did not meet up to a decent standard.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by goosedragons on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:30AM (#36918451)
There's loads of nice "build" (just admit you want metal please) Windows laptops with nice screens. Asus ZenBook line for example. Can even get OLED.
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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by Spooky23 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:22AM (#36919566)
Not at the same price-point at quantity 1.

If you as a consumer buy a nice HP Spectre, it will be more than an equivalent MacBook barring a sale or clearance. I buy 10,000 at a time, and get about 30% off.

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Re:US iPhone market share jumps to 55% as Android shipments ... by goosedragons on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:21PM (#36925875)
https://www.microcenter.com/product/666870/asus-zenbook-15-o...

A 15" MBA with the max 24GB RAM and a 1TB drive would cost $2100. Note the Zenbook is not on sale, has a 120Hz HiDPI OLED display and aluminum chassis.

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