[mazda77]

So what? For those who use a laptop as a very large PDA or DVD player, that is just wonderful. Let’s try something like SolidWorks or Solid Edge and see how they perform, not. Its not about platform but what you need to do with it.

Does this whole world need to be on this kick about my orange is better than your peach? To me it is getting the right tool for the job. Who cares if it is Snap-On or Matco?

[Eepsy]

Demo of the forthcoming HP Touchpad with their webOS platform. Looks pretty sweet to me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKCZZLjEB8k&feature=fvsr

[Richard Kimball]

If the article is about market penetration, the question is how many people use Solidworks? Besides, Apple runs Windows, so you can run Solidworks on a Mac.

I think the point is that the dynamics of the computer world are changing. I avoid Google because they make no pretense of protecting your information, but there are a lot of people who will snap up a Chrome laptop at the prices he's discussing. There is significant downward pressure on software prices right now, which will not be good for MS.

[raybbr]

Who cares if it is Snap-On or Matco?

Interesting that you pick the two most expensive tool companies. I think this article is more like comparing Snap-On to Craftsman. I like Snap-on tools but I can get something very much like it in Craftsman for about a third the price - just like the Apple/Generic laptop difference.

[numberonepal]

So what? For those who use a laptop as a very large PDA or DVD player, that is just wonderful. Let’s try something like SolidWorks or Solid Edge and see how they perform, not.

Or have Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Word, Excel, Outlook, IE, FF, Safari, a chat program, Anti-Virus, Firewall, and WebLogic (web server) all running at the same time. I have a Mac Book Pro, and it can't handle that load. Only the HP 6530b I have can handle it without issue. When you need to WORK, get a PC.

[antiRepublicrat]

Let’s try something like SolidWorks or Solid Edge and see how they perform, not.

Quite well, actually. They have far better specs than my iMac, in which I run a Windows network in virtuals, which is very taxing on a system. And it all comes in a laptop less than an inch thick. The only thing the MacBook Pro is missing relative to a few other high-end notebooks is a pro-level graphics card specifically for CAD applications. If that's what you need, then buy one of those.