Is the Macbook worth the large premium that Apple charges for it? In short it depends on what you are going for. If you are going for having the thinnest and best looking laptop that exists today then yes it is for you and you would think it is worth it. But if you are interested in a good computing power to weight ratio as well as concerned with price then it is definitely not worth the large price just for a thin laptop. You would be better off with a Macbook pro for example. To explain you could get a Dell XPS M1330 at a similar price to the base Macbook Air and get double the hard drive space on a faster hard drive, A 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and for an extra 100 dollars, you could also have double the RAM. So in essence if you are looking for the best bang for the buck then do not go with a Macbook Air but if you are going for looks then this is the thing to buy.
I recently got a Dell Inspiron 640m and decided to write an article on it. It came equipped with a 14.1 inch widescreem, 1 gig of ram, an intel core duo processor (1.6 ghz) and a 60 gig hard drive. The graphics card is only the basic intel graphics card, so it is not really meant for gaming, but it works well for my student needs. My model with its specs is about 700 dollars, so it runs for a little less than some other laptops with very slightly improved specs. My experience with the laptop has been satisfactory, it runs faster than i expected it would, and i havent encountered any hardware problems as of yet. I think the 640m is a good buy for a student who is using a laptop for e-mail, school, and talking to friends.
As some of you may or may not know, Dell, and other laptop companies, have had a gigantic battery recall due to reports of some exploding. Now this video isn’t that technology related or anything, but it is to make you all aware of exactly what will happen if your battery malfunctions.
