[Swordmaker]

This guy is truly an idiot... and the comments of his readers on the Inquirer clearly show they agree...

Not the slightest bit of knowledge of research. Nvidia is not the creator of the "in Line" switching technology... Apple is.

[Swordmaker]

This Inquirer Article does not even rise to the level of FUD, it is so bad... PING!

Perhaps its a parady of a FUD article?

iPad compared to MacBook Pro and found wanting Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[driftdiver]

You make the Russian propaganda experts look like amateurs. Well done!

[Wyatt's Torch]

Comparing the MacBook Pro line to the iPad is ludicrous. They are not meant to be competitors. It’s like comparing a gaming notebook to a netbook. Apples and turnips...

[PIF]

“This guy is truly an idiot... “

Not to mention the iPad is designed to be a compliment to a pc or mac not a replacement. To compare is truly lame and ignorant.

[dfwgator]

An iPad is nice if you travel a lot on business, or ride a train to commute to work, but outside of that, I agree, it seems more like a toy. Why not just go ahead and spend the money on the MacBook?

[Uri’el-2012]

This looks like an adolescent attempt at satire.

[antiRepublicrat]

The latest crop incorporates Nvidia's Optimus graphics switching technology to build on the previous generation's dual GPUs.

Wrong, it's an Apple feature. Optimus cranks up the dedicated GPU, but leaves the integrated GPU running and writes to that GPU's frame buffer in RAM. This sucks more battery and causes more bus traffic. Optimus also relies no a big list of apps at nVidia to control when it's switched.

Apple's technology switches automatically upon need, not based on a list. The implementation is also different, in that Apple actually switches off the integrated GPU, leaving only the dedicated GPU running. This is the reason Apple can state a longer battery life than other similar solutions.

[antiRepublicrat]

However, the 13-inch Macbook Pro has to make do with simply faster Core 2 Duo chips, suggesting that Apple was unable to beef up the cooling in the smaller chassis.

Wow, another complete fabrication. Apple did it because of cost/performance. They figure the graphics boost gives more than enough performance increase for the price, so no need to go i5 in the low model. There's also the fact that the mid-range Core i5s pull about the same wattage as the mobile Core 2 Duos used.

[SunkenCiv]

Intel's Core i5 and i7 chips ... meant that Apple, often critised for putting out sub-par hardware configurations in the past, is on the ball.

More than I can say for the writer of that crap.

[ctdonath2]

“What this shows is that for 60 per cent of the cost of a fully loaded, premium Apple Macbook Pro laptop you can purchase a cut down Apple Ipad tablet device”

What this shows is the author doesn’t see the difference between a six-pound brick and a sheet of paper.