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K, laptop comparo with no subjective conclusions. Just facts. And, to keep it from being a threadjack, it has to implement the style aspect of each computer. Please let me know if this is an unfair comparo:
Make: Apple
Model: MacBook
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz
RAM: 1GB
Hard Drive: 80GB
Drive: Superdrive (6x DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Wireless: AirPort Extreme Card and Bluetooth
Price: $1,299
Cool factor: 8.4/10, This laptop is an Apple, which for many people automaticaly means style and flash. The white color, clean lines, and simple curves make it a great computer to bring to a civics class at Berkeley.
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Make: Gateway
Model: NX100X
Processor: Intel Core Solo, 1.6GHz
RAM: 1GB
Hard Drive: 80GB
Drive: External USB 8x Multi-Format DVD Writer (DVD±R/±RW/CD-RW)
Wireless: Intel® 802.11a/b/g wireless networking card and bluetooth
Price: $1,099
Cool Factor: 5, It's nice, but it looks like everything else out there and really has no physically distunguishing features.
So now we go head to head:
Processor: MacBook, the speed is 2.5 times the Gateway
RAM: Tie
Hard Drive: Tie
Drive: Gateway, it's got 8x over 6x
Wireless: MacBook, 802.11n is much faster
Price: Gateway
Cool Factor: Mac. Even though it urks a few die hard PC fans, most people love the fun and stylish look of Macs and the cool-by-association thing that comes with them.
Final score:
Macbook: 3
Gateway: 2
Twas close.
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