Posted by MOBILEPOLICE
Hi i will be buying a new laptop for christmas but i am torn between a macbook and a ordinary plain windows laptop.Not sure which one to buy any suggestions or help?
Posted by vladn02
laptop
laptop
more versatile towards gaming and performance.
macbooks are really specific to the use of it... internet and image editing lol no gaming, barely and software support,
aside from macware ( use for 21 days then you have to buy it )
mac is crap imo, but obviously everyone has theirs.
Posted by MOBILEPOLICE
thanks for your reply.many people have recommended me that i buy a macbook the software is more stable and less likely to crash than a windows machine and is also less likely to get any virus attacks.i also prefer the look of macbooks compared to windows laptops.
Posted by Cycovision
Depends on what you want to do with it
If you're only ever going to use it for surfing, email, music, movies and photography (like a lot of PC users do) then a mac would be your best bet. I'm not saying that macs CAN'T do anything else, of course they can. But that's what they are set up for out-of-the-box.
The security issues with PCs are widely exaggerated these days. The major threat nowadays is phishing scams, which all computer users are susceptible to regardless of the operating system they run. A fully updated PC with an antivirus and firewall application is perfectly safe providing you use it sensibly.
[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2007-11-29 16:39 ]
Posted by paul101
@cyco aren't macbooks more expensive? | || | windows laptop is your best option imo
_________________
www.paul101.tk
well there's your problem!
getting p1i today
[ This Message was edited by: paul101 on 2007-11-29 14:55 ]
Posted by Red_Rach
Macbooks are brilliant, and its easy to run windows software on them, plus you can install windows on them. But Laptops are much cheaper.
Posted by Cycovision
@paul
No, not in real terms. They cost about the same as a good quality mid-spec PC laptop.
[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2007-11-29 16:14 ]
Posted by suhlman
whatever you do: use linux...mainly for the distros' funny names but also faster etc...
do not buy vista...too much stillllllllllllllll doesn't work right with vista imho
Posted by gregface
if you get a macbook with 2 gigs RAM you should consider using virtual machines of windows and linux, this means you can have all your operating systems on one machine, and they link with one another superbly, infact you can have windows windows in OSX.
Posted by shyam335
You can have mac in a laptop as well
I see no point in spending extra on a macbook..
Posted by haynesycop
I think the question is why are you even considering a PC? a Mac is clearly the way you want to go!
I use an iMac and it rocks!
Posted by paul101
On 2007-11-29 18:34:35, gregface wrote:
if you get a macbook with 2 gigs RAM you should consider using virtual machines of windows and linux, this means you can have all your operating systems on one machine, and they link with one another superbly, infact you can have windows windows in OSX.
why not dual boot your macbook with vista?
Posted by NightBlade
On 2007-11-29 15:38:42, MOBILEPOLICE wrote:
thanks for your reply.many people have recommended me that i buy a macbook the software is more stable and less likely to crash than a windows machine.
That, my friend, isn't so true anymore.
[ This Message was edited by: NightBlade on 2007-11-29 19:26 ]
Posted by arien617
I know I'd go for Mac over Windows...
(Crosses fingers for iMac
)
Posted by WelshTom
Macbook any day. Stable system, great software, works out of the box & boot camp - so you can still run XP or vista just as well as on any other machine (including gaming - which people constantly slag apple machines off for!). I moved to apple a year ago for personal use but still use windows everyday at work and to be honest there is no competition - given the choice I would use apple 100% of the time.
Any questions just ask.
Posted by paul101
^^ ditto
Posted by MOBILEPOLICE
On 2007-11-29 20:53:39, WelshTom wrote:
Macbook any day. Stable system, great software, works out of the box & boot camp - so you can still run XP or vista just as well as on any other machine (including gaming - which people constantly slag apple machines off for!). I moved to apple a year ago for personal use but still use windows everyday at work and to be honest there is no competition - given the choice I would use apple 100% of the time.
Any questions just ask.
I think that sums it up for me.macbook it is for me then.thanks to everyone who replied.
Posted by razec
Laptops, Laptops, Laptops!
lots of options, Designs, forms, lots of OSes, lots of brands, lots of accessories from various brands and lots of users worldwide -software availability wise a zillion times more than a MAC
Posted by max_wedge
Get a lapbook. Or a mactop.
Posted by razec
and mactop or a topmac
Posted by DarkKrypt
laptop(you can partition or convert this too)
or
mac.. partitioned/converted if you like to - debian sarge
or ubuntu
but debian has a nice big package of apps etc to offer
Posted by max_wedge
a macbook with DOS3.3 (with enhanced mode support). A PocketPC with Vista?
Sorry.
Seriously though, I'd take a PC, probably something like a Dell or Toshiba, with a fast processor and bucketloads of ram. I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at a macbook pro, though I'd run windows and linux mostly, but on value for money basis it's simpler to get a wintel machine.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
A MacBook! Ad if you wanna make sure you've got power, memory and a decent graphics card, etc. Get a MacBook Pro!
Esato on a Mac:
[ This Message was edited by: Muhummad-Oli on 2007-12-02 13:46 ]
Posted by paul101
On 2007-12-02 14:45:04, Muhummad-Oli wrote:
A MacBook! Ad if you wanna make sure you've got power, memory and a decent graphics card, etc. Get a MacBook Pro!
Esato on a Mac:
[ This Message was edited by: Muhummad-Oli on 2007-12-02 13:46 ]
seems like esato has a different font on a mac!
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Really? Better or worse?
Posted by MOBILEPOLICE
did anyone see a top spec windows laptop get slaughtered again on the gadget show by a basic macbook. lol
Posted by Danny_BFC
On 2007-12-02 18:22:44, paul101 wrote:
seems like esato has a different font on a mac!
its just safari does the same on windoze
Posted by shyam335
On 2007-12-04 15:00:49, MOBILEPOLICE wrote:
did anyone see a top spec windows laptop get slaughtered again on the gadget show by a basic macbook. lol
Really?
Where is that happening?
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2007-12-04 15:00:49, MOBILEPOLICE wrote:
did anyone see a top spec windows laptop get slaughtered again on the gadget show by a basic macbook. lol
Damn right it did.