Consumer Reports’ “June report gives the Mac portables the lead in every size category, ranging from near-ultraportables up through desktop replacements. Consumer Reports’ study covers not only performance but design, versatility, the screen quality and battery life,” Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.
“In the 13-inch category, the lead was substantial enough that Apple occupied the top three spots, with the new unibody MacBook topping the charts with an overall score of 62, the SSD-equipped MacBook Air taking second place with 60, and the plastic MacBook just slightly edging out HP’s Pavilion dv3 with a score of 55,” Malley reports.
“While significant in itself, the lead only widened in the larger notebook categories,” Malley reports. “Competing against a mixture of high- and low-end PCs, the 15-inch MacBook Pro was given top spot in the 14- to 16-inch notebook category with a score of 75 where the [second place] Toshiba Satellite M305 had just 64.”
Malley reports, “In the 17- to 18-inch category, the 17-inch MacBook Pro extended the gap even further, notching 80 points where the best Windows PC again earned a score of 64. Symbolically embarrassing for Microsoft, the exact same HP Pavilion dv7 that actress Lauren thought was a better deal in the first Microsoft commercial placed well behind Apple’s contender, sitting in fourth place with 59.”
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Stephen Williams reports for The new York Times, “CR surveyed its readers about computer tech support. Apple trounced the field in both desktop and laptop categories.”
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