On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Heinz Diehl htd@fritha.org wrote:
On 19.05.2012, James Wilkinson wrote:
I bet that Asus netbook is based on an Atom processor and an Intel chipset, and whatever else you might say about Intel (and who doesn’t?), they still (mostly) remember the twenty-year-old Pentium lesson that if it’s got their name on it, it ought to be reliable.
Q: According to Intel, the Pentium conforms to the IEEE standards 754 and 854 for floating point arithmetic. If you fly in aircraft designed using a Pentium, what is the correct pronunciation of "IEEE"? A: Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
[SCNR!]
Seriously, I think you're totally right. Pricing these days seems to follow marketing strategies rather than reflecting quality. Most of the components are the same, and "fashion" has a big impact on how much they want to have for a particular machine. E.g. if you want something that is very slim and looks sharp, you'll have to pay double the price of a machine containing the same core components, but is standard sized.
Seems to me Apple has been doing this masterfully for years now. How much better is a $2000 Macbook Pro as opposed to a HP laptop with the same processor?
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