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Re:Intel: New Core Ultra Processors Deliver Breakthrough Per... by phonon on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @04:16PM (#41450260)
The cheapest Apple with an M3 Pro is https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch-space... which is $1999 (with 18 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD).

Full pricing on Lunar Lake is not available yet, but for example, XPS 13 with with an Ultra 7 is $1399 (16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD) https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-computer-laptops/new-xp...

Thinkpads will probably be a bit more...Acer a bit less...Asus will probably be around the same or less.

Here's a high spec Asus (32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD). https://shop.asus.com/us/90nb14f4-m00620-asus-zenbook-s-14-u... for $1499... Apple's equivalent is $2,599!

Re:Intel: New Core Ultra Processors Deliver Breakthrough Per... by dagmx on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:22PM (#41450990)
At that point you’re comparing different products as a whole not the SoC. At that point it becomes a significantly different discussion.

Neither of those laptops you linked are comparable to the MacBook Pro on a number of points, primarily the display.

Just like Intel doesn’t have an M3 competitor out, Apple doesn’t have a competitor for the lower end of premium laptops.

Re:Intel: New Core Ultra Processors Deliver Breakthrough Per... by phonon on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:27PM (#41451036)
The Asus screen is very close (only significant difference is brightness), AND a touchscreen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnJw54oyfLE

14.0-inch, 3K (2880 x 1800) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio, 0.2ms response time, 120Hz refresh rate, 500nits HDR peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1,000,000:1, 1.07 billion colors, PANTONE Validated, Glossy display, 70% less harmful blue light, SGS Eye Care Display, Touch screen, (Screen-to-body ratio)90%, With stylus support

vs

14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;1 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch

1,000,000:1 contrast ratio XDR brightness: 1000 nits sustained full-screen, 1600 nits peak2 (HDR content only) SDR brightness: 600 nits Color

1 billion colors Wide color (P3) True Tone technology Refresh rates

ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz Fixed refresh rates: 47.95Hz, 48.00Hz, 50.00Hz, 59.94Hz, 60.00Hz