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by captain-asshat
5417 days ago
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The author seems to be generalising on a massive scale. The reason there's so much crap in the PC laptop market is because there's a lot of demand for cheap hardware. Many of his negative points about windows are flat out wrong, and are either because he bought a shitty 5400rpm hard drive or hasn't adjusted his power settings. It's easy to tell windows to shutdown/hibernate when you close the lid. In terms of looks, there are a couple of manufacturers that 'get it', and I think Lenovo lately with their edge series and some others are starting to really stand out in terms of design. The author seems to miss the point that there's a trade-off between price/quality and size/quality in terms of price. There are cheap small laptops, and good, expensive small laptops. There are cheap big laptops, and good expensive big laptops (not nearly as useful.) I think this is one of the major causes of consumer confusion these days, since most people jump on the shitty cheap stuff and complain when it breaks in 3 months. If you spend the same amount on a high end lenovo/sony you'll get a lot more power than a mac, and better battery life too. |
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If the 5400 rpm hard drive provides a bad experience, a brand is better off not selling it. It will damage the value of the brand in the eyes of the consumer and he will not buy a more expensive device from the same brand again. He won't realize that this is because of the shitty hard drive he bought. He will blame the brand.
For example, with every low end crappy device Dell sells, it putts a customer through a bad experience and mentally prepares the customer for a hefty purchase from Apple.