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In reply to the discussion: Advice on a new laptop? [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)72. Wow, small world. I might have been your bosses boss. The whole division was outsourced
in 2006, IIRC. The guy that got my old job is/was an Indian making $5,000 p/yr.
Back in my consulting days I had a gig with HP scientific and it was really amazing. Everybody I encountered was just so damn good at what they did. It was one of the most pleasurable contracts I ever had, 7 years later when I went to work for them it was an entirely different, and pathetically inept, company.
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Not as much. Because the smaller install base. And they are much more expensive!
Logical
Nov 2012
#50
The fact that it is a smaller userbase has nothing to do with Mac's superior security.
Poiuyt
Nov 2012
#60
Yes it does. And the virus writers admit it. And what the hell does "you get what you pay for" mean?
Logical
Nov 2012
#68
I might add that all Apple products are designed in USA unlike other manufactures.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2012
#79
Yeah, I downloaded Pages for my Ipad and I never use it. Thought I would transfer my school papers
sammytko
Nov 2012
#76
Good advice! My laptop has been very dependable, but I have a really rough typing touch
Zorra
Nov 2012
#32
Stay far away from Dell and HP, you don't want the problems you will have dealing with either
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#51
I, sadly, worked for them for a few years in their notebook division. None of it was my fault!
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#65
Wow, small world. I might have been your bosses boss. The whole division was outsourced
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#72