MacDailyNews Take: No, but it really did a bang-up job of illustrating how ignorant Larry really is.
Larry continues, “The latest crop [of MacBook Pros] incorporates [sic] Nvidia’s Optimus graphics switching technology to build on the previous generation’s dual GPUs.”
MacDailyNews Take: Wrong again, dummy: Nvidia: New MacBook Pro graphics switching is Apple’s tech, not our Optimus – April 13, 2010
Larry continues hit-whoring, “Comparing the price of a Macbook Pro, which starts at £1,000, against a £300 Acer notebook isn’t the name of the game. Of course both will essentially do the majority of jobs equally well, but when compared against similar premium ‘lifestyle’ PC brands such as Sony you see that Apple isn’t doing its usual bang-up job of ripping customers off.”
MacDailyNews Take: Why would Larry bother writing that a £300 Acer notebook will essentially do the majority of jobs equally well as an Apple MacBook Pro when he could’ve simply tattooed “I’m an idiot” on his forehead and been done with it? Oh, yeah, because Larry’s a hit-whore, that’s why. If he had any real skills he wouldn’t have to stoop to shoveling electronic Dvorkian crap for a living.
Larry trolls on, “Nevertheless, although comparing the Macbook Pros against Sony might not be fair comparison of service, performance or even posing ability, putting them side by side against the Ipad shows just how far off the cut down tablet really is… The two devices do vary wildly in terms of specifications but considering how much extra you’re getting with even the baseline Macbook Pro, it’s shocking that anyone would opt to spend so much money on an Ipad.”
“Taking a gander at the hardware specifications, there’s simply no contest,” Larry expounds. “Without a doubt the Ipad has a superb screen and CPU, but one would have to possess yet unattained levels of incompetence to believe that a system on chip, even one that is as capable as the A4, can compete in general computing tasks with an Intel Core 2 Duo, much less a Core i5 or Core i7… Given the extra performance, functionality and fewer restrictions it does seem that Apple’s own products show up the pretty obvious flaws of its latest toy.”
Full stupidity – Think Before You Click™ – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Really, Larry, is The Inquirer that hard up for hits? Obviously, Apple makes many tools for many needs (Larry’s parents certainly made at least one, too).
The bottom line: We’re positively sure that Apple won’t mind if you opt for a MacBook Pro over an iPad.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brandon” for the heads up.]
@Famous Grouse
Lima, Mike, Alpha, Oscar, over.
Guys, why do you even bother with such tripe and giving it even a little bit of credence? It’s like wasting time arguing that 2+2 is actually 4, not 37859.
The iPad is ushering in a new era of apps, just like the iPhone/iPod touch did before it. These won’t be traditional apps – they are smaller, self-contained, get-the-job-done apps. Sure, iPad apps will be larger and have more features (just look at Apple’s iWork apps), but they won’t be bloated monstrosities that NEED Core 2 Duo, i5 or i7 chips to run efficiently (take THAT, Adobe!).
In addition, the A4 is specifically designed for the iPad, which means it won’t have wasted capabilities lying around unused. It doesn’t have to be useful for laptops, desktops, mobile, embedded, and a myriad of other uses. So it can be more streamlined as well.
Are you going to run Final Cut Pro on the iPad? Nope. But that’s what an iMac or MacBook Pro is for.
@MDN….in spite of what ‘Z’ says, this hack deserves anything you throw at him. Sure, make your jibes funny (they usually are pretty good…I liked the tool one) but this guy angers me also.
You know where his head is at when he starts with ‘The cappuccino company Apple…..’ and then goes on to wonder why one should use a Toyota Corolla when you could use a Lamborghini (ignoring that you are only using it on downtown streets).
Not enough o’s in Stoooopid to describe this twit.
“makes it obsolete”. Ok well we have a winner. Someone dumber than the article writer.
Do you even know what IT does? Tech support for employee machines is only a very small part of IT. And is the armpit of computer science if you ask me.
The day that you’re running business systems with transaction managment, load balancing frontends and enterprise databases on apple hardware, come talk to me about IT obsolecense. Apple’s strategy and focus is on consumer electronic devices. It has nothing to do with IT jobs or is of any threat at all.
Once again, congrats on the stupidity award of the day.
Still not as bad as MDN’s amateur hour, name-calling reporting. Is MDN run by 12-year-old girls?
Embarassing.
Stupidity is forever. This article is about par for the course for the Inquirer.
This comparison is ridiculous: the entry level macbook is about 2.5X the entry level iPad (or 3X in the UK). The iPad is in an “expensive gadget” category, while the Macbook is in an “I’ve got to plan ahead and budget to buy this thing” category. And while they do many of the same things, they’re not intended to serve the same purposes. I’m glad he’s got so much money that the price difference isn’t important, but there are those of us who have to make choices with our discretionary income, and $500 vs. $1200 is a significant difference for us.
@doc e: I agree 100%. If anything, IT would be happy, because then we wouldn’t have to deal with all the ‘monkeys’. You know, the ones that call you and say “My computer doesn’t work” and you find out they forgot to turn on the power (or the monitor). That wouldn’t be to hard for a ‘monkey’ to figure out how to turn on an ipad, right?
I am amazed by how impressive the iPad already is- if I were rich I’d buy one already- then again, I can’t even afford a laptop right now, having purchased a 27-inch i7 iMac.
However, the iPad is a whole different animal, and where its going will be a game-changer. The potential is enormous. There will be other tablets, mostly by companies who lack any vision whatsoever- but the iPad will fill in gaps and create new opportunities where none existed before- We will all “Go where no one has gone before.”
Already, apps are popping up that address shortcomings or provide solutions for people you’d never expect to be using a device like this. iPad for content creators?- I think so!
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“makes it obsolete”. Ok well we have a winner. Someone dumber than the article writer.
Do you even know what IT does? Tech support for employee machines is only a very small part of IT. And is the armpit of computer science if you ask me.
The day that you’re running business systems with transaction managment, load balancing frontends and enterprise databases on apple hardware, come talk to me about IT obsolecense. Apple’s strategy and focus is on consumer electronic devices. It has nothing to do with IT jobs or is of any threat at all.
Once again, congrats on the stupidity award of the day.”
Coming from an IT guy….defending the necessity of keeping him and all like him employed!
You clearly have no idea what an iPad actually is or the impact it’s going to have on your job… but you will.
Apple does all the things you talk about in business; on Apple hardware. And they do it with a lot less IT people than I’m guessing your company has.
The stupidity is yours if you don’t think the iPad and what it’s going to become isn’t going to affect your business or your job.
> Taking a gander at the hardware specifications, there’s simply no contest
Another moron who just looks at the specifications list. When the Windows 7 tablets eventually stumble onto the market, they will have a field day. Look at those great specs – much better than iPad (except the one for battery life which will be conveniently ignored or understated). Unfortunately, for actual users tablets running Windows 7, 80% of those “higher than iPad” specs will be wasted, just to get Windows 7 booted (before running any applications).
Exactly Ken, the PC makers can really put together a nice spec sheet. The problem is they have no way to tie it together. When the HP Slate comes out, they will talking it up. They will not care that it only has 5 hours of battery life. Probably much less when you have several things running. They try the same thing over and over expecting different results.
The MS dirty tricks department are actually paying for this?
“Apple does all the things you talk about in business; on Apple hardware. And they do it with a lot less IT people than I’m guessing your company has.”
Really, so how many IT people does Apple have? You don’t know do you, all you know is Apple must be better.
It’s not that you’re stupid, it’s just that you’re an Apple fanboy so your logic is flawed.
I would be surprised if Apple ran on Dell/Linux servers.
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“Apple does all the things you talk about in business; on Apple hardware. And they do it with a lot less IT people than I’m guessing your company has.”
Really, so how many IT people does Apple have? You don’t know do you, all you know is Apple must be better.
It’s not that you’re stupid, it’s just that you’re an Apple fanboy so your logic is flawed.
I would be surprised if Apple ran on Dell/Linux servers.”
They don’t, they run on X-Serves and they have about 12 people to run everything because that’s all it needs. IT people know this which is why they’re so dead set against Apple coming into their kingdoms.
“They don’t, they run on X-Serves and they have about 12 people to run everything because that’s all it needs. IT people know this which is why they’re so dead set against Apple coming into their kingdoms.”
link please.
It’s Inquirer – Nick, Laurence all of them are just bunch of idiots. They are not real journalists but bloggers. They are clueless and in the most of the cases word ‘research’ is very foreign to them.
I guess they write these articles only to gain page hits from annoyed readers who come back and comment. that’s all it is. I stopped commenting on their articles as there’s no point.
and in addition – try to comment on their articles and express that the author is idiot – you can but don’t use rude words
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” /> you can check the comments on that article to see that ppl started to complain straight away about lack of research and unfair comparison. Every single article from Nick and Laurence which is Apple related is full of hate and bullshit, unfounded claims and lacks research and credibility. They pose as journalists but instead they should call themselves clueless morons. This is what I like about MDN, you don’t present yourselves as journalists, you comment on existing articles.
Angry isn’t the right word for these “news” hacks. When I want genuine analysis and not fanboy ranting I go elsewhere. And I am a total Apple guy!