Consumer Reports still hearts Macs

Consumer Reports continues to shower praise on all things Apple it seems. In a report in the June issue, the Magazine says Apple won the top three places in the 13 inch laptop derby. The unibody MacBook was in first place, followed by the MacBook Air, with the white plastic MacBook in a solid third place.

CR also named the 15-inch MacBook Pro as top laptop in the 14- to 16-inch group, and the 17-inch MacBook Pro walked off with the honors in the 17- to 18-inch category. The HP Pavilion publicized in the first Laptop Hunters ad from Microsoft came in 4th in the category behind Dell and Lenovo laptops. The Sony VAIO FW370 that was the star of the 3rd Microsoft ad came in 5th in the 14- to 16-inch category.

Apple also took the honors for best in tech support.

This won't bring smiles to the folks in Redmond, who are going all out to convince people that Apple computers are not a good value. It should be noted that none of the Apple laptops were rated a best buy, but they all scored the highest in each category and were recommended by the magazine. Of course Apple has repeatedly said they are not trying to win on price, but on quality, and Consumer Reports seems to accept that as the case.

I generally don't put a lot of stock in CR for some of its testing, but these high ratings for Apple laptops are just one of a continuing chorus of approval from the press and generally happy Mac owners.

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Source: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm

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Sharon Davis

If you get occasional game samples it sure would be nice to pass them around after you are thru with your testing, I have signed up for so many things like that and in years and years I have never gotten a freebie. I have won contests, just would love to win a test game or whatever.

July 17 2009 at 12:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

eric

Try syncing a smartphone to a Mac. The Mac is worthless. It can't manage to work 10 year old technology. Pathetic.

May 28 2009 at 2:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

igaryok

I take most CR reviews with a grain of salt, I'm not sure how it is with computer hardware but as far as cars they're definitely questionable.

http://www.enbargain.com

May 06 2009 at 8:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

reddy

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May 06 2009 at 4:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MRBlue

When you make a great (and green) product with a great OS and software suite it's not impossible to see why Apple systems got top honors.

May 06 2009 at 1:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mark

TUAW wrote:

"I generally don't put a lot of stock in CR for some of its testing...."

Why not? They're impartial, typically quite thorough, and are well-respected. So, what concrete reasons would you have for *not* putting stock in their testing?

May 05 2009 at 8:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Luna Lovegood

"The HP Pavilion publicized in the first Laptop Hunters ad from Microsoft came in 4th in the category behind Dell and Lenovo laptops. The Sony VAIO FW370 that was the star of the 3rd Microsoft ad came in 5th in the 14- to 16-inch category."

Let it go.

May 05 2009 at 4:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tzvi

Mr. Martin,
Qhy don't you put much stock in CR's testing? Is there a flaw in their methodology we should know about? I've always trusted their reviews over those of the various tech websites, and especially biased magazines like Macworld, because Apple is a sponsor of many of these. CR has no sponsors, buys everything they review in the same retail market the rest of us use, and doesn't allow their reviews to be quoted in others' ads. They go to lengths to keep their impartial viewpoint, which is why I trust them.

So what are they doing wrong?

May 05 2009 at 4:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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