If you can't decide whether you need the lightest laptop for travel or the most powerful laptop for desktop replacement, check out PCWorld's Top 10 All-Purpose Laptop list. Right now the prices range from $900 to $2000, a typical spread for a list like this.
I don't see any Macintosh laptops here, which is probably a mistake on PCWorld's part. MacBooks and MacBook Pros should be in that list. MacBooks start at $1099, and MacBook Pros start at $1999. OK, even if you just look at MacBooks, there are multiple models available, many of which match the PC laptop performance profiles in the PCWorld.
In PCWorld's defense, however, the selection criteria to make an apples to apples (or should that be oranges to oranges?) comparison between PC and Mac remains tough. However, I believe reviewers look at the wrong product features. What they should do is define a typical workload, then pick all available hardware and software combinations to handle that workload. But that takes a lot of work, and few readers on either side of the Mac/PC debate will be happy.
As an interesting note, I saw a few weeks ago that laptop sales have topped desktop sales for the first time. I don't remember where I saw that, but it could have been a laptop association news release. Is your company buying more laptops or desktops now?
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