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- Meeklo1
i find Mac to be a bit user UN-friendly,
pr2
(Jan 29 07, 17:48)hahaha..
- Mick0
If you're comfortable on a PC, do you really want to spend $2000 to find out if you like a mac?
Debate aside, that's a lot of $ to spend to figure out if you're going to like a mac.
- Clear0
Wife got a Macbook this last summer. She never touched a mac before that. Now i'm official not allowed to TOUCH her laptop. She's already talked one of her girlfriends to switching to apple.
I've got PC desktop that kicks ass, but i'm probably going to buy a new Macbook Pro when the new model comes out this summer. Bootcamp and all.
- maxB0
good point.
maybe first go the the apple store and spend some time 'working' on a mac. get a feel for the apps. it's os. the system.
then go to like circuit city or something and play around with a pc.
the new macs really smoke the pc benchtest wise.
but ultimately.
think about what you're using it for.. then decide.
- kelpie0
man, if I could go out and spend £1600 on a PC laptop, or even better a desktop right now, its fucking scary what I could get for it.
My experience with macs? they look great, they feel great to use while you don't have much open and you're using low level apps, they fuck up *hugely* when you really want to work on them, multi task, use heavy files, stuff like that, and what's the answer?
buy a better one, which costs £600 more. throw good money after bad.
I love the things, but they're a dirty pleasure I could never ever justify on my salary and with the working needs I have, and mine here in work regularly makes me feel like nailing my hand to the desk just to distract from the pain of using it.
sorry folks. all hat and no trousers.
- onewhoslaps0
macpcmacpc
i would go with that.
- johndiggity0
say what you will about windows vs osx, mac laptops are far superior to anything else out there.
- version30
you can have a decent dell for half that, if you're ready to brave the intel-mac, you've got the budget to do it.
personally i believe both are equal competitors as they "compute"
though a pc for equal budget will have better stats
ie screen size, ram, etc.
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- version30
say what you will about windows vs osx, mac laptops are far superior to anything else out there.
johndiggity
(Jan 29 07, 17:45)again, subjective opinion
- johndiggity0
i've never seen a review where another laptop is prefered over an apple laptop.
- version30
the key to a good computer:
all the buttons work, and you can see the screen clearly
after that, it's really up to the user to exploit or put the cpu to use for whatever work you will be doing
- cram0
only problem i have with the mac book is the integrated video.
go with the 15 mac pro. it will take all of the budget you mentioned but dual booting is nice.
if you want cheaper, dell will surely have something.
i have both a dell laptop and the 17 mac pro. i like both. the mac hardware certainly feels better but i have not had a problem with either.
- version30
well if small is what you want buy the 13" mac book, dells only go down to 15"
- D_Dot0
Is this really an issue anymore? Buy a Mac and run windows on it as well. Problem solved.
- joyride0
i'm looking for something small, definatly not 17".
pr2
(Jan 29 07, 17:47)damn, I heard that the other nite... lol
- UndoUndo0
Is this really an issue anymore? Buy a Mac and run windows on it as well. Problem solved.
D_Dot
(Jan 30 07, 06:03)
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why would you do that when the mac costs more?
- doesnotexist0
my roommate just bought a 13" macbook, good specs, with 3 yr apple care plan, $1400
not bad at all if you ask me. and since you did, yeah, not bad at all. hehe.
- mimeartist0
coz you can't really get a pc that runs mac as well as vice verser, and a macbook / pro is a nice machine and portable
- ItTango0
Hmmm.
What say we call this a draw? It's kinda like buying a puppy... ya just gotta' go and play with 'em before you bring one home.and that's when the fun begins.
- UndoUndo0
what do run on the mac instead of windows?