I will say though that even if that is the case, at least I can buy a Macbook power supply "anywhere." I can drive down to BestBuy and buy one today.
With Dell's PSUs you can essentially only buy them from Dell's online store. I mean there are some HK sellers but they don't get certified as safe by any reputable agency. So either way, you'll be laptop-less for a week or more.
Universality is within itself a massive perk. It means the power blocks are more common, easier to obtain, and sometimes cheaper. It also means that if I buy two laptops from the same manufacturer I have a backup power brick for "free."
To give you another perspective:
I bought a Dell Latitude including 3 year extended warranty for less that a similar powerful Macbook that has 1 year warranty.
I had a problem with the motherboard after a couple of months and a Dell technican came to my house and fixed it the next day for free. I dont have to drag it into their shop and give it away for days/weeks like in Apples case.
Lenovo has similar offerings for business customers.
On Dells (and Lenovos of course) i can actually replace the battery if its broken (on their business laptops atleast, the Ultrabook Designtrend which Apple invoked doesnt allow this), on any modern Macbook i cant.
My Latitude from 2009 is now still used by my mother and she didnt have any problems with it since i gave to her, power brick is fine, while my current Macbook Air of 1 1/2 years needed a new one recently because the old one had died.
That being said the built quality of Dells Business grinders isnt really that great, but i heared the more "Apple-like" machines are better in that regard.
I will say though that even if that is the case, at least I can buy a Macbook power supply "anywhere." I can drive down to BestBuy and buy one today.
With Dell's PSUs you can essentially only buy them from Dell's online store. I mean there are some HK sellers but they don't get certified as safe by any reputable agency. So either way, you'll be laptop-less for a week or more.
Universality is within itself a massive perk. It means the power blocks are more common, easier to obtain, and sometimes cheaper. It also means that if I buy two laptops from the same manufacturer I have a backup power brick for "free."